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Luis Otávio Cardoso Mocarzel, Mariana Macedo Rossi, Bruna de Mello Miliosse, Pedro Gemal Lanzieri, Ronaldo Altenburg Gismondi
Luis Otávio Cardoso Mocarzel, Mariana Macedo Rossi, Bruna de Mello Miliosse, Pedro Gemal Lanzieri, Ronaldo Altenburg Gismondi
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20170066
Introduction Hepatic cirrhosis is the final spectrum of several aggressions to the liver, with great relevance to public healthcare. National data estimate a prevalence of 0.14% to 0.35%, mortality of 3 to 35 per 100,000 individuals and an annual average of 30,000 hospital admissions in Brazil., With the ageing population, the prevalence of chronic liver diseases, in particular steatohepatitis associated to obesity and metabolic syndrome, results in an increase in the number of hepatic cirrhosis cases. Cardiac manifestations of hepatic […]
Keywords: Aging; Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic; Fatty Liver; Liver Cirrhosis / mortality; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity