The Open Hypertension Journal

2017, 9 : 1-5
Published online 2017 April 28. DOI: 10.2174/1876526201709010001
Publisher ID: TOHYPERJ-9-1

EDITORIAL
 Arterial Stiffness and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Which is the Chicken and Which is the Egg?

Theodora Griva1 , Chrysoula Boutari1 , Konstantinos Tziomalos2 , Michael Doumas1 , Asterios Karagiannis1 and Vasilios G. Athyros1
1 Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

* Address correspondence to this author at the Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, 55 132, Greece; E-mails: , vathyros@gmail.com

Keywords:

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Arterial stiffness, Metabolic syndrome, Cardiovascular disease, Hypertension.