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Echocardiography, Adherence to Mediterranean Diet (AMDS) and Physical Exercise in Fatty Liver

NCT02669316 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 660

Last updated 2016-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

NAFLD is associated with unhealthy lifestyle and obesity, without alcohol habits. An association of NAFLD with coronary artery disease and with impaired heart function was reported, but without considering severity of NAFLD and with the bias of including diabetes. Aim: to challenge if severity of liver steatosis assessed by UltraSound Bright Liver Score (BLS) can predict the impairment of systolic heart function, assessed by echocardiography (Ejection Fraction, EF), diastolic function (assessed by E/A ratio), Left Ventricular Mass, Left atrial diameter.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Azienda Ospedaliera, Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • GUGLIELMO TROVATO, MD · University of Catania - Policlinico

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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