How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a component of the visceral adiposity located between the heart and pericardium. It is associated with certain diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. Therefore, measurement of EAT thickness has recently gained importance. E...

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Autor principal: Eroğlu, Serpil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2015
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Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25993714
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/akd.2015.5991
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description Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a component of the visceral adiposity located between the heart and pericardium. It is associated with certain diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. Therefore, measurement of EAT thickness has recently gained importance. Examination by transthoracic echocardiography for measuring EAT thickness is preferable because of easy availability and low cost. The present review focuses on the method of measuring EAT thickness by transthoracic echocardiography as well as the issues of concern.
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spelling pubmed-57791802018-01-26 How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography? Eroğlu, Serpil Anatol J Cardiol Education Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a component of the visceral adiposity located between the heart and pericardium. It is associated with certain diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. Therefore, measurement of EAT thickness has recently gained importance. Examination by transthoracic echocardiography for measuring EAT thickness is preferable because of easy availability and low cost. The present review focuses on the method of measuring EAT thickness by transthoracic echocardiography as well as the issues of concern. Kare Publishing 2015-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5779180/ /pubmed/25993714 http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/akd.2015.5991 Text en Copyright © 2015 Turkish Society of Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title_full How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title_fullStr How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title_full_unstemmed How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title_short How do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
title_sort how do we measure epicardial adipose tissue thickness by transthoracic echocardiography?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25993714
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/akd.2015.5991
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