Correlation between Epicardial Fat Thickness and Clinical and Anthropometric Variables in an Elderly Population

Correlation Between Epicardial Fat Thickness by Echocardiography and Other Parameters in Obese Adolescents

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and affects people of all ages. Recent studies have shown that visceral adipose tissue measured by magnetic resonance imaging and/or computed tomography correlates positively with epicardial adipose tissue. Epicardial fat, which is correlated to several metabolic parameters, can be assessed by echocardiography. The aim ...

Relationship Between Neck Circumference and Epicardial Fat Thickness in a Healthy Male Population

Background: Epicardial fat is an upper body visceral fat depot that may play a significant role in the development of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. There is a significant direct relationship between the amount of epicardial fat and general body adiposity (body mass index, BMI), but data regarding subcutaneous adiposity is limited. Objective: We conducted a study to deter...

Relation between epicardial fat thickness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The relation between epicardial fat thickness and metabolic syndrome

We read the article Usefulness of the epicardial fat tissue thickness as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syndrome by Kaya, et al. The authors aimed to evaluate the epicardial fat tissue thickness (EFT) as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS). They concluded that EFT levels were higher in geriatric patients with MetS and can th...

The Relation between Epicardial Fat Thickness and Prognostic Risk Scores

Dear Editor, We read the article ”The Relationship between GRACE Score and Epicardial Fat Thickness(EFT) in non-STEMI Patients” by Gul et al.1 The authors concluded that endsystolic and end-diastolic EFTs were found to be increased in the higher GRACE group. Several risk scores including have been evaluated so as to identify high/low risk of mortality or complications in patients with STEMI. Th...