JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, vol.35, no.9, pp.1859-1864, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives-Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have high cardiovascular morbidity, and, in general, epicardial adipose tissue thickness is related to atherosclerotic vascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and carotid intima-media thickness as markers of early atherosclerosis in patients with IBD.