Adiposity of the heart [6]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 554-556

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; FATTY ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAT CONTENT; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NOTE;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LIPID METABOLISM; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY;

EID: 33750112969     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-7-200610030-00021     Document Type: Letter

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