{"id":7179,"date":"2023-07-24T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus3c.com\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:31:40","slug":"metabolic-syndrome-and-liver-steatosis-fibroscan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus3c.com\/en\/blog-en\/highlights\/metabolic-syndrome-and-liver-steatosis-fibroscan\/","title":{"rendered":"METABOLIC SYNDROME AND LIVER STEATOSIS: FIBROSCAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Metabolic syndrome<\/strong> is a clinical condition where a series of cardiovascular risk factors such as insulin resistance, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia and hypertension coexist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Liver steatosis<\/strong> is the accumulation of more than 5% of fat in hepatocytes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liver fibrosis<\/strong> represents the scar tissue that forms in the liver as a result of acute or chronic inflammations and has a progression risk in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While remaining decisive in a small percentage of cases, <strong>liver biopsy has been replaced by liver elastosonography (FIBROSCAN), an absolutely non-invasive technique <a><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Columbus Clinic this exam is performed with a state-of-the-art ultrasound device that allows an evaluation of liver fibrosis <strong>(liver elastography)<\/strong> and the quantity of the fat in the liver <strong>(Controlled Attenuation Parameter \u2013 CAP<\/strong>): it significantly reduces discomfort, side effects and costs to the patient. In case the Clinic finds it necessary, the exam can be repeated at an early date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exam is totally painless and requires the same preparation as any other abdomen ultrasound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exam lasts 15 to 20 minutes and <strong>doesn&#8217;t have any contraindication.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metabolic syndrome is a clinical condition where a series of cardiovascular risk factors such as insulin resistance, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia and hypertension coexist. While remaining decisive in a small percentage of cases, liver biopsy has been replaced by liver elastosonography (FIBROSCAN), an absolutely non-invasive technique At Columbus Clinic this exam is performed with a state-of-the-art&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[63,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-highlights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>METABOLIC SYNDROME AND LIVER STEATOSIS: FIBROSCAN - Clinica Columbus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Metabolic syndrome is a clinical condition where a series of cardiovascular risk factors such as insulin resistance, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.columbus3c.com\/en\/blog-en\/highlights\/metabolic-syndrome-and-liver-steatosis-fibroscan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"METABOLIC SYNDROME AND LIVER STEATOSIS: FIBROSCAN - 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