Correlative association between FIB-4 index and graded coronary artery disease severity among MASLD patients: A hypertension-stratified analysis.
BACKGROUND As a highly prevalent metabolic disorder worldwide, MASLD drives atherosclerotic cardiovascular complications through shared inflammatory and metabolic mechanisms collectively termed the liver-heart axis. Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MASLD, formerly NAFLD) is closely linked to corona...