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Liver stiffness and arterial stiffness/abnormal central hemodynamics in the early stage of heart failure

BACKGROUND: It remains to be clarified whether liver stiffness is a direct risk factor for heart failure (HF) or whether its association with HF is mediated by vascular damage. We conducted cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal studies to examine whether fibrosis 4 score (FIB-4 score) is dire...

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Autores principales: Iwasaki, Yoichi, Tomiyama, Hirofumi, Shiina, Kazuki, Matsumoto, Chisa, Kimura, Kazutaka, Fujii, Masatsune, Takata, Yoshifumi, Yamashina, Akira, Chikamori, Taishiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2018.07.001