Epicardial fat thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Fatma E., Bunyamin K., Savas S., Mehmet U., Selma Y., Ismail B., ...Daha Fazla

AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.15, sa.2, ss.489-494, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4314/ahs.v15i2.23
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.489-494
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Epidemiologic data indicates that rheumatoid arthritis is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Epicardial adipose tissue is a novel cardio-metabolic risk factor. Our aim was to evaluate epicardial fat thickness (EFT) using echocardiography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy control subjects. Secondly, we investigated relationship between epicardial fat thickness and clinical and echocardiographic parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.