1. FONTAN-ASSOCIATED LIVER DISEASE: IS INSULIN SENSITIVITY IMPORTANT?
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May Ling Mah, Elisa Bradley, Michelle Moore-Padilla, Anudeep Dodeja, David Bradley, and Francesca Urbina
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congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Insulin sensitivity ,medicine.disease ,Liver disease ,surgical procedures, operative ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Glucose homeostasis ,cardiovascular diseases ,Liver dysfunction ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Adults with a Fontan palliation are known to have Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD). Traditional markers of liver dysfunction, however, have not correlated with the degree of FALD. Based upon the role of the liver in glucose homeostasis, we sought to determine if insulin sensitivity may be a
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- 2020
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