Fatty liver, inflamed blood and calcified coronary arteries: lessons and uncertainties from the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis -commentary on the study of Al Rifai et al

Affiliations

¹ Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Preventive Medicine Center and Cardiology Program Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: rdsf@uol.com.br.

Comment

Marcio H Miname et al. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;239(2):634-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.02.041. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

¹ Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Preventive Medicine Center and Cardiology Program Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: rdsf@uol.com.br.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Obesity; Steatosis.

Comment on

The association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome, with systemic inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Al Rifai M, Silverman MG, Nasir K, Budoff MJ, Blankstein R, Szklo M, Katz R, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ. Al Rifai M, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr;239(2):629-33. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.02.011. Epub 2015 Feb 7. Atherosclerosis. 2015. PMID: 25683387 Free PMC article.