NCT01158066

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

Association Between NAFLD and Coronary Artery Calcification

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ziv Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Detailed description

Coronary artery disease are 8 times more prevalent in patients with NAFLD that 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. AIM: the aim is to evaluate the association between CAC score ( CT) and NAFLD (CT). the working hypothesis is that Beside the traditional risk factors including age, diabetes, NAFLD is also associated with moderate to high risk of CAD.

Conditions

• Coronary Artery Calcification

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	CT Cardiac	the patient will undergo cardiac CT

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2010-07-08
• Last updated: 2011-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel