Non alcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with subclinical impairment in left ventricular function measured by speckle tracking echocardiography

Baktir, Ahmet; Sarli, Bahadir; ALTEKİN, REFİK; Karaman, AHMET; Arinc, Huseyin; Saglam, Hayrettin; Dogan, Yasemin; Erden, Abdulsamet; Karaman, Hatice

doi:10.5152/akd.2014.5212

Non alcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with subclinical impairment in left ventricular function measured by speckle tracking echocardiography

Baktir A. O. , Sarli B., ALTEKİN R. E. , Karaman A. , Arinc H., Saglam H., ...More

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.15, no.2, pp.137-142, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 15 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.5152/akd.2014.5212
Title of Journal : ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Page Numbers: pp.137-142

Abstract

Objective: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a part of histological spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Higher incidence of cardiovascular mortality has been reported in studies including patients with NAFLD. Impaired myocardial function can be detected by a novel echocardiographic method called speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) when conventional methods were normal.