Editorial: Assessing cardiovascular risk - should physicians start measuring neck circumference?

Luc Bruyndonckx^{1

2}, Christiaan J Vrints^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
² 2 Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
³ 3 Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Translational Pathophysiological Research, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ 4 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.

Editorial

Luc Bruyndonckx et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;24(16):1774-1775.

doi: 10.1177/2047487317737630. Epub 2017 Oct 20.

Luc Bruyndonckx^{1

2}, Christiaan J Vrints^{3

4}

¹ 1 Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
² 2 Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
³ 3 Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Translational Pathophysiological Research, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ 4 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.

No abstract available

Comment on

Relationship between neck circumference, insulin resistance and arterial stiffness in overweight and obese subjects.
Fantin F, Comellato G, Rossi AP, Grison E, Zoico E, Mazzali G, Zamboni M. Fantin F, et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017 Sep;24(14):1532-1540. doi: 10.1177/2047487317721655. Epub 2017 Jul 21. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017. PMID: 28728486