Epicardial adipose tissue thickness as a new risk factor for atherosclerosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated increased EATT in patients with AS compared with a healthy population, which was positively correlated with disease duration and BASFI. PMID: 30248026 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil Source Type: research