Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and increased risk of 1-year all-cause and cardiac hospital readmissions in elderly patients admitted for acute heart failure

Filippo Valbusa; Stefano Bonapace; Davide Agnoletti; Luca Scala; Cristina Grillo; Pietro Arduini; Emanuela Turcato; Alessandro Mantovani; Giacomo Zoppini; Guido Arcaro; Christopher Byrne; Giovanni Targher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173398

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and increased risk of 1-year all-cause and cardiac hospital readmissions in elderly patients admitted for acute heart failure

Filippo Valbusa,

Affiliation Division of General Medicine “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Stefano Bonapace,

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Davide Agnoletti,

Affiliation Division of General Medicine “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Luca Scala,

Affiliation Division of General Medicine “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Cristina Grillo,

Affiliation Division of General Medicine “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Pietro Arduini,

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Emanuela Turcato,

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Alessandro Mantovani,

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Giacomo Zoppini,

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Guido Arcaro,

Affiliation Division of General Medicine “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Christopher Byrne,

Affiliations Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Giovanni Targher

* E-mail: giovanni.targher@univr.it

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and increased risk of 1-year all-cause and cardiac hospital readmissions in elderly patients admitted for acute heart failure

Filippo Valbusa,
Stefano Bonapace,
Davide Agnoletti,
Luca Scala,
Cristina Grillo,
Pietro Arduini,
Emanuela Turcato,
Alessandro Mantovani,
Giacomo Zoppini,
Guido Arcaro

Published: March 13, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173398

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