Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Multi-organ imaging demonstrates the heart-brain-liver axis in UK Biobank participants

  • Celeste McCracken,
  • Zahra Raisi-Estabragh,
  • Michele Veldsman,
  • Betty Raman,
  • Andrea Dennis,
  • Masud Husain,
  • Thomas E. Nichols,
  • Steffen E. Petersen,
  • Stefan Neubauer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35321-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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While heart disease, dementia and liver disease often co-occur, multi-organ imaging is needed for deeper elucidation of these cross-organ links. Here, the authors use image-derived phenotypes to describe underlying associations between heart, brain and liver health in a large population cohort.