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Application of Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography Imaging in a Rat Model of NAFLD/NASH
Published on: April 20, 2021
Evaluation of relationship between grading of fatty liver and severity of atherosclerotic finding
Afshin Mohammadi1, Ali Bazazi, Tooraj Maleki-Miyandoab
1Department of Radiology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, West-Azerbaijan, Iran.
Purpose:
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a feature of metabolic syndrome and has a high prevalence in the general population.
Objective:
To determine the severity of atherosclerotic finding in various grade of NAFLD.
Material And Methods:
We examined 250 consecutive patients with various grade of NAFLD and 85 control subjects matched for age, gender, to determine carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in each groups.
Results:
The mean CIMT in patients with G1, G2 and G3 NAFLD were 0.78±0.15 mm, 0.82±0.11mm and 0.85±0.16mm respectively. The differences in CIMT between the various grades of NAFLD were statistically significant (p=0.01).
Conclusion:
According to our study results the presence of NAFLD; severity of atherosclerosis will be higher parallel with severity of fatty liver infiltration. Therefore, Patients with NAFLD especially high-grade fatty liver may be candidate to be investigated for the presence CAD.
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