ea0020p369 | Diabetes and Cardiovascular | ECE2009
Taslipinar Abdullah
, Taslipinar Mine Y
, Azal Omer
, Sahin Mustafa
, Kebapcilar Levent
, Ozdemir Levent
, Savashan Cagatay
, Uckaya Gokhan
, Koz Cem
, Yaman Halil
, Acikel Cengizhan
, Kutlu Mustafa
The relation between obesity and diabetes mellitus is known for long periods and this relation is based on insulin resistance. Recent studies showed that epicardial adipose tissue thickness measured by echocardiography is the marker of the visceral adipose tissue and cardiovascular risk. Visfatin is a new described adipokine and it has been showed to have mRNA expression in epicardial adipose tissue. There is a conflict about the role of visfatin on obesity, insulin resistance...