Hepatic fibrosis – and not steatosis – is the main determinant of arterial stiffness in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

We read with interest the recent paper by Styczy ński and coworkers [1]. Their findings revealed no significant association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on wedge liver biopsy and an increased arterial stiffness – as reflected by aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) – in a sample of 120 morbidly obese patients. The authors are to be congratulated for specifically examining this issue in a high-risk clinical population of patients who were consecutively admitted for bariatric surgery.

Source: Atherosclerosis - July 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yusuf Yilmaz, Fatih Eren Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research