Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and vascular disease: State-of-the-art

Figure 1 Common features in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease. NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; CVD: Cardiovascular disease.

Figure 2 Mechanisms potentially responsible for atherosclerosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Figure 3 Causes and consequences of the procoagulant imbalance in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. ETP-ratio: Ratio of the endogenous thrombin potential measured in the presence or absence of thrombomodulin; PICI: Protac^®-induced coagulation inhibition.