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Non alcoholic fatty liver disease increases the mortality from acute coronary syndrome: an observational study from Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Non alcoholic fatty liver disease is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. But its effect on acute coronary syndrome is not clear. We performed this study to identify the prevalence of NAFLD in patients with ACS admitted to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka. We also d...

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Autores principales: Perera, Nilanka, Indrakumar, Jegarajah, Abeysinghe, Waruni Vijitha, Fernando, Vihangi, Samaraweera, W. M. C. K., Lawrence, Jayamal Sanjaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26869052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0212-8