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      Does gestational diabetes history increase epicardial fat and carotid intima media thickness?

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          Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that has begun during pregnancy. Recent studies have proven that development of atherosclerosis may be established in this population even without presence of type 2 diabetes. For assessment of atherosclerosis, epicardial fat thickness (EFT) is recently being used as a surrogate marker. In this study, we aimed to prove that women with GDM history are more inclined to have higher EFT levels than women without GDM history.

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          Journal
          Echocardiography
          Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
          1540-8175
          0742-2822
          Nov 2014
          : 31
          : 10
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Cardiology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
          Article
          10.1111/echo.12597
          24666015
          8f89b8f9-5a0b-4f19-b342-c07a2fc28c7d
          © 2014, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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          atherosclerosis,echocardiography,epicardial fat,gestational diabetes

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