Epicardial Fat Thickness in Children with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia | Zendy

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Epicardial Fat Thickness in Children with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Author(s) -

Kotb Abbass Metwalley,

Hekma Saad Farghaly,

Abdelrahman Abdelhamid

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1308-5735

pISSN - 1308-5727

DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2018.2018.0153

Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , context (archaeology) , endocrinology , odds ratio , cardiology , hyperandrogenism , confidence interval , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , intima media thickness , insulin , gastroenterology , carotid arteries , paleontology , polycystic ovary , biology

Epicardial fat thickness (EFT) is an emerging cardio-metabolic risk factor and has been shown to be related to atherosclerosis. EFT has not been studied in the context of CAH. This study aimed to evaluate EFT in children with CAH and its relation to carotid artery intima-media thickness (CA-IMT) and left ventricular (LV) functions.

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