Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and is associated with multiple comorbidities. The
mechanisms underlying the relationship between obesity and adverse health outcomes …

Results The CACS is vastly applied in early detection of CAD and in many other research
fields. Conclusions CACS has remarkably changed the screening techniques to detect CAD …

Sodium-glucose co-transporters type 2 inhibitors (SLGT2i) are highly effective in controlling
type 2 diabetes, but reported beneficial cardiovascular effects suggest broader actions on …

Objective Abdominal fat ultrasound (US) is a simple clinical tool that may allow measures of
fat depots not visible using common dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or …

Objectives To evaluate the association of ultrasound measurement of maternal abdominal
subcutaneous and pre-peritoneal fat thickness in relation to the subsequent diagnosis of …

Aim To determine the usefulness of ultrasonographic measurements in the estimation of
regional adiposity and to compare them with anthropometric measurements and to correlate …

Background The clinical utility of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors to predict
coronary artery disease (CAD) is insufficient and limited. Our aim was to evaluate the …

Introduction: Ultrasonography (US) in patients with obesity allows us to measure different
layers of abdominal fat (superficial subcutaneous, deep subcutaneous, preperitoneal …

Background Excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is closely associated with the presence of
coronary artery plaques that are vulnerable to rupture. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) …

Optimal management of cardiovascular disease should start with the identification of
subjects at subclinical stages. However, available tools are not always accurate or …