Subepicardial adipose tissue and the presence and severity of coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 354-359

  Chaowalit, Nithima ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Subepicardial fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646392460     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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