Diagonal earlobe crease associated with increased epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima media thickness in subjects free of clinical cardiovascular disease

• Main Authors: Murat Ziyrek (Author), Sinan Sahin (Author), Emrah Ozdemir (Author), Zeydin Acar (Author), Serkan Kahraman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is a leading cause of death, worldwide. Diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) has been suggested as a simple, noninvasive marker of cardiovascular disease. Although epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) are clo...