Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Paula Vieira T Vidigal

Publications

• Research Article
  Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity
  Author(s): Ana Cristina L Albricker, Claudia A Couto, Maria Carmo P Nunes, Tâmara O Reis, Maria Luiza RP Lima, Paula Vieira T Vidigal, Clara G Camelo and Teresa Cristina A FerrariAna Cristina L Albricker, Claudia A Couto, Maria Carmo P Nunes, Tâmara O Reis, Maria Luiza RP Lima, Paula Vieira T Vidigal, Clara G Camelo and Teresa Cristina A Ferrari
  
  Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has reached epidemic proportions in the last decade, and it is related to high cardiovascular mortality. This disorder encompasses a spectrum of increasingly severe clinicopathological conditions, i.e. nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without fibrosis/cirrhosis. Mortality associated with NAFLD is significantly higher in patients with the more advanced stages of this condition and is chiefly due to concomitant cardiovascular disease. The association between NAFLD severity and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) is controversial. Objective: To investigate the association between CIMT and the clinical forms of NAFLD. Methods: The.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000175

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