NAFLD and increased aortic stiffness: Parallel or common physiopathological mechanisms?

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Villela Nogueira, Cristiane A ^a   Leite, Nathalie C ^a   Cardoso, Claudia R L ^a   Salles, Gil F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Liver fibrosis; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Pulse wave velocity; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FIBROSIS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84964311460     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17040460     Document Type: Review

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