Epicardial adipose tissue thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-299

  Resorlu, Hatice ^a   Akbal, Ayla ^a   Resorlu, Mustafa ^a   Gokmen, Ferhat ^a   Ates, Can ^b   Uysal, Fatma ^a   Adam, Gurhan ^a   Aylanc, Nilufer ^a   Arslan, Muhammet ^c   İnceer, Besir Sahin ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Radiology Vefa Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosingspondylitis; Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Epicardial adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 84922970925     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2568-4     Document Type: Article

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