Cardiovascular and hepatic disease associations by magnetic resonance imaging: A retrospective cohort study

• Published in: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 9; p. 1009474
• Main Authors: Kwan, Alan C., Sun, Nancy, Driver, Matthew, Botting, Patrick, Navarrette, Jesse, Ouyang, David, Hussain, Shehnaz K., Noureddin, Mazen, Li, Debiao, Ebinger, Joseph E., Berman, Daniel S., Cheng, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 17.10.2022
• Subjects: cardiac MRI; Cardiovascular Medicine; FIB-4; hepatic fibrosis; liver disease; NAFLD

BackgroundHepatic disease is linked to cardiovascular events but the independent association between hepatic and cardiovascular disease remains unclear, given shared risk factors. MethodsThis was a retrospective study of consecutive patients with a clinical cardiac MRI (CMR) and a serological marker...