The clinician's view on the advantages and contradictions of the new nomenclature of steatotic liver disease: A review
- Authors: Pavlov C.S.1, Teplyuk D.A.1, Lazebnik L.B.2, Ametov A.S.3, Pashkova E.Y.3,4, Sorokoletov S.M.4,5, Uspenskiy Y.P.6, Turkina S.V.7, Ponomarenko E.V.8, Maslakov A.S.8
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Affiliations:
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
- Russian University Of Medicine
- Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
- Botkin City Clinical Hospital
- International Academy of Main Education (IAME)
- Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University
- Volgograd State Medical University
- Opella Healthcare LLC
- Issue: Vol 96, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 429-435
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/255122
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/00403660.2024.04.202747
- ID: 255122
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In September 2023, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) updated the disease nomenclature for non-alcoholic (metabolically associated) fatty liver disease. The goals of the revision were to increase awareness among health care professionals, civil society and patients about the disease, its course, treatment and outcomes; combating stigma; focusing on the initial etiological factor, including the main (cardiometabolic) risk of disease progression; improved diagnosis based on disease biomarkers; positive impact on the potency to search for new drugs; the ability to provide personalized medical care. The terms “non-alcoholic” and “fatty” were considered stigmatizing, and therefore, it was proposed to use the term steatotic liver disease (SLD) as the name of this nosology. The terms non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) have been replaced by the term metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). In the case of being combined with an alcohol factor, a diagnosis in which metabolic dysfunction is combined with alcoholic liver disease is referred to as MetALD. The fundamental principle in the diagnosis of MASLD is the presence of at least one of the cardiometabolic risk factors. Alcohol consumption interacts with cardiometabolic risk factors and increases the risk of SLD decompensation. The term nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), according to the new nomenclature, has been replaced by the term metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The adoption of the new nomenclature should help to increase awareness about the disease, its course and outcomes, as well as improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment.
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Chavdar S. Pavlov
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5031-9798
д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. каф. терапии Института профессионального образования, зам. дир. по научно-организационной работе Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского
Russian Federation, MoscowDaria A. Teplyuk
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7628-8851
ассистент каф. терапии Института профессионального образования
Russian Federation, MoscowLeonid B. Lazebnik
Russian University Of Medicine
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8736-5851
д-р мед. наук, проф. каф. терапии и профилактической медицины
Russian Federation, MoscowAleksandr S. Ametov
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7936-7619
д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. каф. эндокринологии
Russian Federation, MoscowEvgeniia Yu. Pashkova
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education; Botkin City Clinical Hospital
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1949-914X
канд. мед. наук, доц. каф. эндокринологии, зав. отд-нием эндокринологии
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowSergey M. Sorokoletov
Botkin City Clinical Hospital; International Academy of Main Education (IAME)
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2637-8197
д-р мед. наук, зам. глав. врача по мед. части, проф.
Russian Federation, Moscow; Saint PetersburgYury P. Uspenskiy
Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6434-1267
д-р мед. наук, проф. каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней с курсами гастроэнтерологии и эндоскопии
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgSvetlana V. Turkina
Volgograd State Medical University
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8844-2465
д-р мед. наук, проф. каф. внутренних болезней
Russian Federation, VolgogradElizaveta V. Ponomarenko
Opella Healthcare LLC
Author for correspondence.
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1999-9614
мед. советник
Russian Federation, MoscowAleksandr S. Maslakov
Opella Healthcare LLC
Email: elizaveta.ponomarenko@sanofi.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1676-3128
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