No association between aortic stiffness and liver steatosis in morbidly obese patients
Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are characterized by increased aortic stiffness, but it is unclear whether this is related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease itself or concomitant metabolic syndrome components, including hypertension and diabetes. Previous studies were methodologically limited by ultrasound-based assessment of liver steatosis or performing liver biopsy in patients with more severe disease. Therefore, we prospectively measured aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) in non-selected obese subjects admitted for bariatric surgery with liver biopsy, allowing assessment of the association between aortic stiffness and biopsy-confirmed liver steatosis.
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Grzegorz Styczy ński, Piotr Kalinowski, Łukasz Michałowski, Rafał Paluszkiewicz, Bogna Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska, Krzysztof Zieniewicz, Emanuel Tataj, Cezary Szmigielski, Piotr Jędrusik Source Type: research
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