Echocardiographic association of epicardial fat with carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Saeed YafeiFathy ElsewyEman YoussefMohamed AymanMohamed ElshafeiRasha Abayazeed

Published in: Diabetes & vascular disease research (2019)

Patients with type 2 diabetes have higher carotid intima-media thickness and epicardial fat thickness. Epicardial fat thickness was found to be a strong predictor of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
adipose tissue
fatty acid
cardiovascular disease
heart failure
pulmonary hypertension
type diabetes
left ventricular
metabolic syndrome