Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Has the Time Come for Cardiologists to Be Hepatologists?

• 主要な著者: Mohamed H. Ahmed (著者), Salma Barakat (著者), Ahmed O. Almobarak (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is prevalent in people with the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and is present in up to one-third of the general population. Evidence is now accumulating that NAFLD is associated with obesity and diabetes and may serve as a predictor of cardiovascular...