Mervat Mohammed Naguib Gharib <br/><br/>
Atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy in patients with HCV liver cirrhosis /  
 تصلب الشرايين وضعف عضلة القلب بمرض التليف الكبدى الفيروسى سى 
Mervat Mohammed Naguib Gharib ; Supervised Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ali Salem , Abeer Zakaria Mohamed Said , Laila Ahmed Rashed 
 - Cairo :   Mervat Mohammed Naguib Gharib ,   2012 
 - 176P. :   charts ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine 
<br/><br/> Egypt has a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus ( HCV ) and cardiovascular diseases . The aim of the study was to determine the relation of HCV liver cirrhosis and atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy . Study included 60 patients compared to 20 normal subjects with same cardiovascular risk profile . All subjected to PCR for measurement of viral load , genotype identification , carotid duplex to measure carotid intima media thickness ( IMT ) and Echocardiography 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Genotype  Hepatitis C Virus ( HCV ) Liver cirrhosis