Why the study?
Does the presence of fatty liver associate with left ventricular energy metabolism alterations and increased epicardial fat in young nondiabetic men?
Population
42 young, nondiabetic men matched for anthropometric features, with (n=21) or without (n=21) fatty liver.
Comparison
Presence of fatty liver vs Absence of fatty liver
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Fatty liver associates with epicardial fat and impaired myocardial energetics in young nondiabetic men; hypothesis-generating for early cardiac effects before structural change.
Does the presence of fatty liver associate with left ventricular energy metabolism alterations and increased epicardial fat in young nondiabetic men?
Young men with newly discovered fatty liver exhibit increased epicardial fat and impaired left ventricular energy metabolism despite normal cardiac structure and function.
Perseghin et al. (2007) studied this question.
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