High prevalence of lower limb atherosclerosis is linked with the gut-liver axis in patients with primary biliary cholangitis.

Francesca Romana PonzianiAntonio NesciCamilla CaputoLucia SalvatoreAnna PiccaFederica Del ChiericoFrancesco Paroni SterbiniEmanuele MarzettiAngela Di GiorgioLuca SantoroLorenza PutignaniAntonio GasbarriniAngelo SantoliquidoMaurizio Pompili

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2022)

LEAD is common in patients affected by PBC and is associated with inflammatory markers and alterations in the gut-liver axis.

Keyphrases

lower limb
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
cardiovascular disease
patient reported outcomes