Epicardial fat thickness, but not intraabdominal fat, correlates with intima-media thickness in patients with metabolic syndrome

Rubio-Guerra, Alberto Francisco; Guerrero-García, Carolina; Meneses-Acero, Ivan; Maceda-Serrano, Alberto; Benítez-Maldonado, Daniel Rabindranath; Vargas-Ayala, Germán; Narváez-Rivera, Jorge Luis

doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2019.10.004

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“…In the group of premenopausal patients with VMS, there was a positive correlation between the PLR and baseline arterial diameter, which indicates that women with hot flashes have greater inflammation that affects the vascular endothelium [ 9 , 40 - 42 , 48 , 49 ].…”

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“…For epicardial fat measurement a mode M ultrasound was done with a 3.5 MHz transducer considering the hypoechoic space between the outer wall of the myocardium and the visceral layer of the pericardium in the parasternal longitudinal view and perpendicular to the free wall of the right ventricle perpendicular to the aortic ring at the end of the systole in three cardiac cycles [ 36 ]. It was considered abnormal when ≥ 5 mm [ 37 - 40 ].…”

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Relationship of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio with cardiovascular risk markers in premenopausal and postmenopausal women

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Introduction Cardiovascular disease is more frequent in postmenopausal women. Atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation and the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker of inflammation whose behavior in postmenopause is unknown. Aim of the study To know the relationship of the NLR with cardiovascular risk markers in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Material and methods Premenopausal and postmenopausal women were studied, in all of them a complete hemogram and the NLR, platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated, also glucose and lipids levels were measured. In all of them subcutaneous and visceral fat, carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), epicardial fat were measured by ultrasound Also baseline and and after flow-mediated stimulus the arterial diameter, the pulsatility index and the resistive index of the brachial artery were measured by ultrasound. The results are reported with medians and intervals, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman correlation analysis were performed. Results Eighty two patients were recruited, 41 premenopausal and 41 postmenopausal. When comparing both groups there was no difference in glucose, lipids, NLR, PLR, carotid IMT, epicardial fat, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat or Doppler parameters of the brachial artery. Conclusion NLR was not different between premenopausal and postmenopausal women but abnormal PLR was greater in those postmenopausal with vasomotor symptoms.

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