Epicardial and Perihepatic Fat as Cardiometabolic Risk Predictors in Girls with Turner Syndrome: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study
Nanees Abdel-Badie SalemNihal M. BatoutyAhmed M. TawfikDonia M. SobhBasma GadelhakShimaa R. HendawyWafaa LaimonPublished in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2021)
TS-girls displayed an adverse cardiometabolic profile during late childhood and adolescence. EFT and PHFT are emerging cardiometabolic risk predictors in TS-patients. Excess EFT rather than total body adiposity may contribute to altered metabolic profile among lean-Turner patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- body composition
- young adults
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported
- breast cancer risk