Open AccessASSOCIATION OF EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS WITH EJECTION FRACTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
Author(s) -
Betül Özdemir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of health and translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2289-392X
pISSN - 1823-7339
DOI - 10.22452/jummec.vol24no1.10
Subject(s) - ejection fraction , cardiology , medicine , heart failure , diabetes mellitus , population , diastole , coronary artery disease , waist , body mass index , blood pressure , endocrinology , environmental health
Background: Heart failure (HF) has significant mortality and morbidity worldwide and affects more than 37 million people. The mortality and morbidity when the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is > 40 %, is similar when there is low ejection fraction (LVEF 40 % (n: 36) and HF with reduced ejection fraction, LVEF < 40 % (n: 123). In our study EAT, LVEF, LVDD (left ventricular diastolic diameter), LVSD (left ventricular systolic diameter), diastolic septum wall thickness and diastolic posterior wall thickness had differences between groups. Differences in LVEF, LVDD, LVSD, diastolic septum wall thickness and diastolic posterior wall thickness were determined. Conclusions: Epicardial fat thickness and LVEF had a positive correlation in heart failure patients.