ArticleActa Cardiologica Sinica2017
Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Hemodialysis Patients.
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- Epicardial adipose tissue in patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis study and trial sequential analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2020Pooled it
- Assessment of Epicardial Fat in Children: Its Role as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor and How It Is Influenced by Lifestyle Habits.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Association of Glomerular Filtration Rate With Echocardiographic Parameters in Chronic Kidney Disease.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2021Article
- Association of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Extent and Complexity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2019Article
- Echocardiographic Measurement of Epicardial Fat Thickness.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2019Article
- Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Renal Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy.Korean circulation journal · 2018Review
- Association of Epicardial Fat Tissue with Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricle Diastolic Function Indicators.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Article
- Epicardial Fat Thickness is Associated with Abnormal Left Ventricle Geometry in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2018Article
- Safety and Efficacy of Epicardial Ablation of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: Experience from a Tertiary Referral Center in Taiwan.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is well-known that cardiovascular risk and all-cause mortality is increased in hemodialysis patients. Epicardial fat thickness (EFT), which reflects visceral adiposity, has been suggested as a new cardiometabolic risk factor. The purpose of this study was to investigate EFT in hemodialysis patients.
methodsA total of 144 consecutive patients (60 hemodialysis patients and 84 controls) were enrolled into the study, and patients with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were excluded. EFT was measured on the free wall of the right ventricle at end-diastole from the parasternal long-axis view by standard transthorasic 2D echocardiography.
resultsThe groups were similar in terms of sex distribution, age, blood pressure, heart rate and frequencies of CAD risk factors including smoking status, family history of CAD and hypertension. There were no significant differences between the hemodialysis patients and controls in 2D echocardiographic parameters, including ejection fraction and biochemical parameters except low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein and c- reactive protein. Despite having lower body mass index, EFT levels were significantly higher in hemodialysis patients compared to the controls (8.0 ± 2.2 mm vs. 5.8 ± 1.9 mm; p < 0.01). In multivariate linear regression analysis we determined that hemodialysis patient status was found to be an independent predictor for both EFT (β = 0. 700, p = 0.014) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT, β = 0. 614, p = 0.047).
conclusionsHemodialysis patients are independently associated with high EFT and CIMT.
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