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

Francesco Natale | Zendy; M Tedesco | Zendy; R. Mocerino | Zendy; Vincenzo De Simone | Zendy; Giovanni Maria Di Marco | Zendy; Luigi Aronne | Zendy; M. Credendino | Zendy; Carmine Siniscalchi | Zendy; Paolo Calabrò | Zendy; Maurizio Cotrufo | Zendy; Raffaele Calabrò | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Francesco Natale,

M Tedesco,

R. Mocerino,

Vincenzo De Simone,

Giovanni Maria Di Marco,

Luigi Aronne,

M. Credendino,

Carmine Siniscalchi,

Paolo Calabrò,

Maurizio Cotrufo,

Raffaele Calabrò

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep002

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , cardiology , arterial stiffness , blood pressure , pulse wave velocity , pulse pressure , circumference , population , body mass index , diastole , adipose tissue , geometry , mathematics , environmental health

Relationship between obesity and cardiovascular (CV) disease depends not only on the amount of body fat, but also on its distribution. For example, individuals with increased fat accumulation in the abdominal region have atherogenic lipid profiles and are at increased CV risk. The loss of elasticity in medium and large arteries is an early manifestation of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue, an index of cardiac adiposity, is related to carotid stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), indexes of subclinical atherosclerosis, better than waist circumference in hypertensive patients.

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