Elastography: A novel evaluation of abdominal subcutaneous fat in pregnancy [MEETING ABSTRACT]

N.J. Kennedy; Ann Quinton; Kristy P Robledo; Michael Peek; R Benzie; Ralph  Nanan

doi:10.1016/j.preghy.2018.08.178

Elastography: A novel evaluation of abdominal subcutaneous fat in pregnancy [MEETING ABSTRACT]

N.J. Kennedy, Ann Quinton, Kristy P Robledo, Michael Peek, R Benzie, Ralph Nanan

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Abstract

Chronic inflammation leads to adipose tissue (AT) fibrosis through excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. An increasing degree of fibrosis in AT is associated with increasing body mass index (BMI) and insulin resistance. Anecdotally AT has been observed to vary with ease of ultrasound penetration on medical examinations. Ultrasound strain elastography (SE) is a useful tool in assessing fibrosis in liver disease but has not previously been used to assess AT fibrosis. This study assesses the variance in density of the two anatomical layers of subcutaneous AT, superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue (SSAT) and deep subcutaneous adipose tissue (DSAT) in pregnancy using SE

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S60
Journal	Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health
Volume	13
Issue number	Supplement 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preghy.2018.08.178
Publication status	Published - 2018

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