Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Increased in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Conclusions—
Our findings suggest that epicardial adipose tissue thickness might be a marker for detection of early atherosclerosis in patients with IBD. There was a strong positive correlation between carotid intima-media thickness and epicardial adipose tissue thickness values in the patients with IBD. However, there was no correlation between IBD activity and carotid intima-media or epicardial adipose tissue thickness.
Source: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - Category: Radiology Authors: Uysal, F., Akbal, E., Akbal, A., Cevizci, S., Arık, K., Gazi, E. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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