Risk of cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 425-439

  Anstee, Quentin M ^a,b   Mantovani, Alessandro ^c   Tilg, Herbert ^d   Targher, Giovanni ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LIRAGLUTIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PIOGLITAZONE; SAROGLITAZAR;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIFICATION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85046078795     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41575-018-0010-0     Document Type: Review

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