Hepatic Fibrosis Is a Risk Factor for Greater Severity and Worse Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Eleftheria ZtrivaAdonis A ProtopapasPavlos MentizisAnastasios PapadopoulosChristiana GogouMaria KiosiMaria KyziroglouIoanna MinopoulouAnastasia GkountaErofili PapathanasiouEvangelos CholongitasChristos SavopoulosKonstantinos Tziomalos
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
Hepatic fibrosis, evaluated with the FIB-4 index, appears to be associated with more severe ischemic stroke and might also represent an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke.