Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness measurement: A new screening test for subclinic atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness measurement: A new screening test for subclinic atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

INTRODUCTION[|]Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) consist of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. Inflammatory process is known to be involved in all stages of atherosclerosis. Early atherosclerosis is reflected by increased levels of carotid artery intima media thickness (c-IMT) and high-sensi...

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Main Authors: Kamil Özdil, Zuhal Çalışkan, Nurşen Keleş, Oğuzhan Öztürk, Ahmet Selami Tekin, Resul Kahraman, Levent Doğanay, Kenan Demircioğlu, Yusuf Yılmaz, Mustafa Çalışkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri
Subjects:
inflammatory bowel disease
atherosclerosis
carotid intima-media thickness
high-sensitivity c-reactive protein
epicardial fat thickness.
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