Increased epicardial fat thickness and carotid intima-media thickness in migraine patients.

Hikmet SaçmaciYaşar Turan

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

We found that EFT and CIMT were significantly higher in EM patients than in healthy individuals. Increased EFT may be a new risk factor in migraine patients especially in patients with increased pain frequency.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
chronic pain
metabolic syndrome
fatty acid