Coronary artery disease as a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis.

Introduction And Objectives: Patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are at an increased cardiovascular risk. On the contrary, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). However, it is not known whether patients with significant CHD show a higher frequency of liver fibrosis.

[Cholangiocarcinoma and combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhotic patients].

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a primary hepatic tumor, frequently found in patients with liver cirrhosis and biliary tract diseases. Its varieties include isolated CCA or "combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma" (cHCC-CCA). The latter is uncommon, with poorly defined diagnostic criteria and natural history.

A causal inference explanation for enhancement of multisensory integration by co-articulation.

The McGurk effect is a popular assay of multisensory integration in which participants report the illusory percept of "da" when presented with incongruent auditory "ba" and visual "ga" (AbaVga). While the original publication describing the effect found that 98% of participants perceived it, later studies reported much lower prevalence, ranging from 17% to 81%. Understanding the source of this variability is important for interpreting the panoply of studies that examine McGurk prevalence between groups, including clinical populations such as individuals with autism or schizophrenia.