February 10, 2009European Journal of EchocardiographyOpen Access

Visceral adiposity and arterial stiffness: echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness reflects, better than waist circumference, carotid arterial stiffness in a large population of hypertensives

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Why the study?

Does echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness correlate with carotid arterial stiffness and IMT better than waist circumference in patients with essential hypertension?

Population

459 patients with Grade I and II essential hypertension referred to an outpatient clinic

Comparison

Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness >7 mm vs Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness ≤7 mm

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

FNFrancesco NataleOspedale Monaldi MTM TedescoSan Gallicano Hospital RMR. MocerinoUniversity of Naples Federico II

Discussion

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Implication

Epicardial fat thickness may better reflect carotid changes than waist circumference in hypertension; leaves open prospective validation for risk stratification.

Structured PICO

Does echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness correlate with carotid arterial stiffness and IMT better than waist circumference in patients with essential hypertension?

Population

459 patients with Grade I and II essential hypertension referred to an outpatient clinic

Intervention

Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness >7 mm

Comparator

Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness ≤7 mm

Outcome

Carotid artery stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)surrogate

Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness is a better indicator of carotid arterial stiffness and subclinical atherosclerosis than waist circumference in patients with essential hypertension.

Cite This Study

Natale et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70daca31a3df8243291a60 https://doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jep002

Topics

Hypertension management Echocardiography

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Implication

Epicardial fat thickness may better reflect carotid changes than waist circumference in hypertension; leaves open prospective validation for risk stratification.

Visceral adiposity and arterial stiffness: echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness reflects, better than waist circumference, carotid arterial stiffness in a large population of hypertensives

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Visceral adiposity and arterial stiffness: echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness reflects, better than waist circumference, carotid arterial stiffness in a large population of hypertensives

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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