Epicardial adipose tissue and right ventricular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

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  Figure 1.. Echocardiographic measurement of EAT thickness in the parasternal long-axis and short-axis views of left ventricle at end-systole. LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle.

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  Figure 2.. The representative images of RV longitudinal strain and longitudinal strain rate in controls (a) T2DM with EAT <5 mm (b) and T2DM with EAT ≥5 mm (c).

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  Figure 3.. EAT (a) RV LS (b) and RV LSR-E (c) in the controls, T2DM with EAT <5 mm group, and T2DM with EAT ≥5 mm group. *p < 0.05 vs. Controls; #p < 0.05 vs. T2DM with EAT <5 mm.

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  Figure 4.. Scatter plot demonstrating correlation between the EAT thickness with RV LS and RV LSR-E. EAT: epicardial adipose tissue; RV LS: right ventricular longitudinal strain; RV LSR-E: right ventricular early-diastole longitudinal strain rate.