%0 Journal Article
%T Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness measurement: A new screening test for subclinic atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
%A Ahmet Selami Tekin
%A Kamil Ozdil
%A Kenan Demircioglu
%A Levent Doganay
%A Mustafa Caliskan
%A Nursen Keles
%A Oguzhan Ozturk
%A Resul Kahraman
%A Yusuf Yilmaz
%A Zuhal Caliskan
%J Archive of "Northern Clinics of Istanbul".
%D 2017
%R 10.14744/nci.2017.74508
%X Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) consist of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. Inflammatory process is known to be involved in all stages of atherosclerosis. Early atherosclerosis is reflected by increased levels of carotid artery intima media thickness (c-IMT) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). Epicardial fat thickness (EFT) strongly influences both the formation and progression of atherosclerosis. Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between c-IMT and hs-CRP levels and the risk of atherosclerosis in patients with IBD. However, no study has yet compared EFT between patients with IBD and the general healthy population. Hence, this study was designed to further evaluate whether patients with IBD have higher EFT values with increased c-IMT and hs-CRP levels compared to those in the healthy population
%K Inflammatory bowel disease
%K atherosclerosis
%K carotid intima-media thickness
%K high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
%K epicardial fat thickness
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530156/