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Özgür Özdemir Şimşek1, Tülay Demircan2, Gökçen Erfidan1
1Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey.
Background:
Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are at a high risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and dyslipidemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the formation of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and investigate electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters in patients.
Methods:
Thirty-two patients aged 0-18 years and 15 control patients were compared. In the patient group, physical examination and laboratory parameters were recorded. Atrial depolarization and ventricular repolarization parameters in ECG were compared between the groups. EAT was evaluated with M-mode measurements on echocardiography.
Results:
There was no difference between the groups in terms of sex, age, body mass index, systolic and diastolic BP. EAT was found to be significantly higher in the patient group. In ECG evaluations it was determined that atrial depolarization and ventricular repolarization parameters increased in the patient group.
Conclusions:
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are high in kidney diseases. Measurement and follow-up of EAT and ECG findings as a noninvasive parameter can provide information in NS.
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