Perirenal and epicardial fat and their association with carotid intima-media thickness in children

• Main Authors: Abel López-Bermejo (Author), Anna Prats-Puig (Author), Inés Osiniri (Author), Jose-Maria Ma (Author), Judit Bassols (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Recent data suggest that subclinical atherosclerosis is more related to visceral adipose tissue distribution than to overall fat mass. Both perirenal fat and epicardial fat are visceral fat depots surrounding the kidneys and the myocardium, respectively, which can be easily assessed by ultrasound. T...