Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke is associated with more severe stroke and worse outcome.

There is a paucity of data regarding the association between non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and acute ischemic stroke. Stroke is largely preventable, so that knowledge of risk factors is essential to achieve reductions in the stroke rate and resulting disease burden.

Source: Journal of Clinical Lipidology - May 10, 2017 Category: Lipidology Authors: Sabry M. Abdeldyem, Tarek Goda, Samy A. Khodeir, Sabry Abou saif, Sherief Abd-Elsalam Source Type: research