Epicardial fat thickness as associated with left ventricular myocardial performance in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension

• Main Authors: Abdurrezzak Börekçi (Author), Mustafa Gür (Author), Taner Şeker (Author), Ayşe Kalyoncu Uçar (Author), Ahmet Oytun Baykan (Author), Zafer Elbasan (Author), Hazar Harbalıoğlu (Author), Hakan Uçar (Author), Murat Çaylı (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Epicardial fat thickness (EFth) is associated with both left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and diastolic dysfunction. However, the effect of EFth on myocardial performance is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between EFth and tissue Doppler myocardial pe...