Epicardial adipose tissue volume and cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients
Articles > Article · 2012
Authors: Mehmet Nuri TURAN, Ozkan GUNGOR, Gülay AŞCI, Fatih KIRCELLI, Turker ACAR, Mustafa YAPRAK, Naim CEYLAN, Meltem SEZİŞ, Selen BAYRAKTAROĞLU, Hüseyin TÖZ, Mehmet ÖZKAHYA, Ercan OK
Atherosclerosis, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2012, vol 226, pp 129-133
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.10.061
Summary
Objective: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is proposed as a cardiovascular risk marker in non-uremic subjects. However, little is known about its role in patients with higher cardiovascular risk profile such as chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between EAT and several cardiovascular surrogate markers (coronary artery calcification (CAC), arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis) in patients on maintenance hemodialysis.