Key result
Higher epicardial fat thickness was significantly correlated with a higher ischemic score, with thicknesses >5.5 mm in males and >5.7 mm in females associated with ischemia.
Why the study?
Epicardial fat thickness is considered a marker of cardiovascular risk, but its correlation with ischemia and other cardiovascular risk variables required evaluation.
Does epicardial fat thickness correlate with ischemic heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients?
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
No
Does epicardial fat thickness correlate with ischemic heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients?
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Epicardial fat thickness measured by echocardiography is significantly higher in patients with ischemic heart disease and correlates with traditional cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and BMI.
Introduction: Epicardial fat thickness (EFT) is regarded as marker of cardiovascular risk.Aim of Study: To show if there is correlation between EFT with ischemia and its correlation with othervariable as age, sex, hypertension, Diabetes, smoking and Body mass index.Patients and Method: We studied 100 patients who consulting merjan medical city in Babylon provincefor the period from December 2017 to May 2018. Transthoracic echocardiography was done for all patients;we measure wall motion score and EFT. 50 patients hadischemic heart disease (IHD). EFT measured at freewall of RV at end systole both group from short axis view and long axis view and wall motion score alsomeasured according to this formula.Results: Mean age was (58.67±13.3), 50% had hypertension, 45% had diabetes .74 patient were male 37%are smoker regardingbody mass index, 31.87% are obese, 31.87% over weight 36.2% are normal body massindex. PT with no IHD had normal wall motion score 16/16 While IHD group PT had higher than 16-wallmotion score. EFT had significant correlation with high ischemic score, EFT was higher among smokerpatients(p value 0.001) and diabetic patients(p value 0.005) and hypertensive patients (p value 0.002).Patients with increasing BMI had higher EFT(p value 0.001).Conclusions: This study concludes that patients with higher EFT had higher ischemic score, so it is ariskfactor of IHD. EFT more than 5.5 in male and 5.7 in female associated with ischemia. Epicardial fat increasewith higher BMI and more in smoker,HT and diabetic patients.
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Hassan Salim Aljumaily (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Ischemic Heart Disease (n=100). Epicardial fat thickness vs. Lower epicardial fat thickness was evaluated on Correlation of epicardial fat thickness with ischemic score. Higher epicardial fat thickness was significantly correlated with a higher ischemic score, with thicknesses >5.5 mm in males and >5.7 mm in females associated with ischemia.
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