original article Wien Klin Wochenschr (2014) 126:485–490 DOI 10.1007/s00508-014-0570-0

Evaluation of epicardial fat tissue thickness in patients with hyperthyroidism Emine Binnetoğlu · Mehmet Asik · Burak Altun · Hacer Sen · Emine Gazi · Gökhan Erbağ · Fahri Günes · Yıldız Garip Bilen · Ahmet Temiz · Ahmet Barutçu · Adem Bekler

Received: 10 March 2014 / Accepted: 10 June 2014 / Published online: 19 August 2014 © Springer-Verlag Wien 2014

Summary Background  Thyroid hormones have several effects on the cardiovascular system, and recent studies have found that thyroid disorders affect coronary intima-media thickness (CIMT) in particular. Despite increased CIMT in patients with hyperthyroidism, the extent of the relationship between CIMT and epicardial fat thickness (EFT) in those patients is unknown. Furthermore, there is no report evaluating the relationship between EFT and overt hyperthyroidism (OH) in the literature. In this study, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness of EFT in predicting atherosclerosis as well as CIMT in patients with OH. Methods  A total of 30 newly diagnosed, untreated overt hyperthyroid patients and 44 control subjects were included in the study. EFT was measured using a commercially available echocardiography machine (VIVID

Assist. Prof. Dr. E. Binnetoğlu, MD () İç Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı, Uygulama ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 17000 Kepez, Çanakkale, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] Assist. Prof. Dr. E. Binnetoğlu, MD · Assist. Prof. Dr. H. Sen · Assist. Prof. Dr. G. Erbağ · Assist. Prof. Dr. F. Günes · Assist. Dr. Y. G. Bilen Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Kepez, Çanakkale, Turkey Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Asik Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Kepez, Çanakkale, Turkey Assist. Prof. Dr. B. Altun · Assist. Prof. Dr. E. Gazi · Assist. Prof. Dr. A. Temiz · Assist. Prof. Dr. A. Barutçu · Assist. Prof. Dr. A. Bekler Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Kepez, Çanakkale, Turkey

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7; General Electric Medical Systems, Norway) with a 2.5MHz probe. The echo-free space between the visceral and parietal pericardium on the anterior wall of the right ventricle was diagnosed as EFT. A linear-array imaging probe of the same echocardiography probe was used to evaluate the CIMT of the right common carotid artery. Results  The hyperthyroid patients had a significantly greater EFT (mean: 4.31 ± 1.12 mm) than the healthy subjects (mean: 3.11 ± 0.84  mm; p 

Evaluation of epicardial fat tissue thickness in patients with hyperthyroidism.

Thyroid hormones have several effects on the cardiovascular system, and recent studies have found that thyroid disorders affect coronary intima-media ...
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