Examination of the epicardial fat area in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by computed tomography of the thorax
| Autor: | Orhan Solak, Nisa Baspinar, Ferhat Sezer, Ismail Salk |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General Medicine Left pulmonary artery medicine.disease Rheumatoid Arthritis Epicardial adipose tissue EAT Cardiovascular Disease Computerized Tomography medicine.anatomical_structure Health Care Sciences and Services Rheumatoid arthritis Internal medicine medicine.artery Pulmonary artery Ascending aorta Cardiology Medicine Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri Prospective cohort study business Cause of death Artery |
| Zdroj: | Volume: 41, Issue: 3 506-515 Cumhuriyet Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1305-0028 |
| Popis: | Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) increases in RA. The CVDs were shown as the major cause of death in RA. In this study, it was aimed to determine the difference between the patients and the control group by measuring the epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) at the left major coronary artery, which is known as one of the major risk factors for CVDs in RA patients who underwent computerized tomography (CT) of the thorax due to any reason, through the CT. Method: The study includes 87 patients diagnosed with RA in the remission period and 45 healthy people as the control group. The files and archive records were reviewed and the clinical features of the patient and control groups, the EAT areas in the thorax CT performed, ascending aorta, pulmonary truncus, and pulmonary artery diameters, as well as, the cardiothoracic rates (CTR) measured with CT were recorded. Results: There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of age and gender (p>0.05). It was determined that the EAT measured with CT increased in patients diagnosed with RA compared to the control group and this increase was closely related to the aortic and pulmonary artery width (p |
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