Relationship between retinal vascular caliber and coronary artery disease in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3409-3423

  Josef, Pikkel ^a,b   Ali, Ibrahim ^a   Ariel, Prober ^c   Alon, Marmor ^b   Nimer, Assy ^a,b  

^a Ziv Medical Centre   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiovascular disease; Fatty liver; Intimae media thickening; Retinal artery; Retinal vascular calibre; Retinal vein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; SERUM; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINAL ARTERIOLE TO VENULE RATIO; RETINAL VASCULAR CALIBER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 84881229202     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10083409     Document Type: Article

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