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Novel In Vivo Micro-Computed Tomography Imaging Techniques for Assessing the Progression of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Published on: March 24, 2023
[Influence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on cardiovascular disease]
Javier Ampuero1, Manuel Romero-Gómez
1Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Enfermedades Digestivas, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
Abstract:
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease encompasses a spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis without excess alcohol intake and is considered to be the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Recent studies indicate that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is closely related to cardiovascular disease, especially to thickening of the intima-media layer of the carotid artery, as the morphostructural manifestation of the presence of subclinical atheromatosis. Therefore, the correct management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease would allow the natural history of both the liver disease and the atherosclerosis to be modified.
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