Comparison of epicardial fat thickness in macrosomic and non-macrosomic infants of mothers with diabetes

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 35; no. 5; p. 953
• Main Authors: Varan, Celal, Orgun, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2025
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Adult; Birth Weight; Diabetes, Gestational; Echocardiography; Epicardial Adipose Tissue; Female; Fetal Macrosomia; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mothers; Pericardium - diagnostic imaging; Pericardium - pathology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Ventricular Septum - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Septum - pathology; gestational diabetes mellitus; infant; macrosomia; Epicardial fat thickness

Epicardial fat thickness also increases in insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus patients. In our study, we aimed to compare the epicardial fat thickness and interventricular septum diameter in infants of mothers with diabetes with infants of mothers without diabetes. Also, to determine the effec...