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

Ziv Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Coronary Artery Calcification

Treatments: Procedure: CT Cardiac

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01158066

NAFLD and CAC

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who will undergo cardiac CT for patients with low to intermediate risk for CAD

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with PCI or CABG will be excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 1 patient group

CT cardiac

No Intervention group

Description:

the patient will undergo cardiac CT

Treatment:

Procedure: CT Cardiac