Pericardial fat accumulation in men as a risk factor for coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Taguchi, Rie ^a   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Itani, Yasutaka ^a   Yamamoto, Rie ^a   Yokoyama, Kenichi ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^a   Masuda, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Men; Pericardial fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; FATS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034970403     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00709-7     Document Type: Article

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