484: Normal values for fetal epicardial fat thickness across gestation

Epicardial Fat Tissue Thickness in Preeclamptic and Normal Pregnancies

Background. Epicardial fat tissue, another form of visceral adiposity, has been proposed as a new cardiometabolic risk factor, and the possible association of epicardial fat with hypertension has been shown in some recent studies. Although epicardial fat thickness (EFT) is associated with hypertension, the relationship between preeclampsia and EFT is still unknown. The purpose of this paper is ...

Second Trimester Fetal and Maternal Epicardial Fat Thickness in Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies.

Our aim was to evaluate the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and sonographically measured fetal epicardial fat thickness between 24-28 weeks' gestation. This was a cross-sectional study that included 40 pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus, matched with 40 normal pregnancies with similar maternal age, body-mass index, gestational age, fetal gender, and fetal abdominal...

Epicardial fat thickness and cardiovascular involvements.

Dear Editor, We have read the article ” Epicardial fat thickness(EFT) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis” written by Erdem et al. with a great interest.1 The authors aimed to explain the relationship between epicardial fat thickness and clinical and echocardiographic parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. They concluded that EFT as an indicator of cardiovascular involvement was hi...

4508-4515-Epicardial fat thickness and COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of lung disease characterized by progressive development of obstructed airflow and an increased chronic inflammatory response in the airways1. COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide2. The BODE index, is an important prognostic predictor of COPD, and is a multidimensional scoring system, combining information about variou...

Relation between epicardial fat thickness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease