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Association Between Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Coronary Artery Calcification

NCT01158066 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2011-04-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Coronary artery disease are 8 times more prevalent in patients with NAFLD then the general population and are being considered the most common cause of death. Cardiac CT is a reliable non invasive method in demonstrating Coronary Plaques. However the association between coronary artery calcium score (CAC) and NAFLD remains controversial

Conditions

  • Coronary Artery Calcification

Interventions

PROCEDURE

CT Cardiac

the patient will undergo cardiac CT

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ziv Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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