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Acute on Chronic Liver Failure From Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Growing and Aging Cohort With Rising Mortality.

Vinay SundaramRajiv JalanParth ShahAshwani K SingalArpan A PatelTiffany WuMazen NoureddinNadim MahmudRobert J Wong
Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2021)
NAFLD is the fastest rising etiology of cirrhosis associated with ACLF among patients listed in the United States. As the NAFLD population continues to grow and age, patients with NAFLD-ACLF will likely have the highest risk of waitlist mortality.
Keyphrases
  • liver failure
  • hepatitis b virus
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • coronary artery disease
  • drug induced
  • liver fibrosis