TY - BOOK AU - Mervat Mohammed Naguib Gharib AU - Abeer Zakaria Mohamed Said , AU - Laila Ahmed Rashed , AU - Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ali Salem , TI - Atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy in patients with HCV liver cirrhosis / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mervat Mohammed Naguib Gharib , KW - Genotype KW - Hepatitis C Virus ( HCV ) KW - Liver cirrhosis N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -