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World J Hepatol. Nov 27, 2013; 5(11): 621-626
Published online Nov 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i11.621
Published online Nov 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i11.621
Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and acute ischemic stroke severity and outcome
Konstantinos Tziomalos, Vasilios Giampatzis, Stella D Bouziana, Marianna Spanou, Maria Papadopoulou, Athinodoros Pavlidis, Stavroula Kostaki, Andreas Bozikas, Christos Savopoulos, Apostolos I Hatzitolios, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece
Author contributions: Tziomalos K and Hatzitolios AI designed the research; Tziomalos K, Giampatzis V, Bouziana SD, Spanou M, Papadopoulou M, Pavlidis A, Kostaki S, Bozikas A, Savopoulos C and Hatzitolios AI performed the research; Tziomalos K analyzed the data; and Tziomalos K, Giampatzis V and Hatzitolios AI wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Konstantinos Tziomalos, MD, PhD, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, 1 Stilponos Kyriakidi street, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece. ktziomalos@yahoo.com
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Received: July 18, 2013
Revised: October 5, 2013
Accepted: November 2, 2013
Published online: November 27, 2013
Revised: October 5, 2013
Accepted: November 2, 2013
Published online: November 27, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: This is the first study that assessed the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke and the association between NAFLD and stroke severity and in-hospital outcome. NAFLD was present in 7.7% of the patients and was not associated with stroke severity or with in-hospital outcome (dependency at discharge and in-hospital mortality).