Prognostic value of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease for predicting cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus with suspected coronary artery disease: a prospective cohort study.
Keishi IchikawaToru MiyoshiKazuhiro OsawaTakashi MikiHironobu TodaKentaro EjiriMasatoki YoshidaYusuke NanbaMasashi YoshidaKazufumi NakamuraHiroshi MoritaHiroshi ItoPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2021)
NAFLD assessed by CT, in addition to CACS and FRS, could be useful for identifying T2DM patients at higher risk of cardiovascular events.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- glycemic control
- computed tomography
- pulmonary embolism
- image quality
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- aortic stenosis
- adipose tissue
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement