Influence of epicardial adipose tissue and adipocytokine levels on cardiac abnormalities in visceral obesity

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-134

  Malavazos, Alexis E ^a   Ermetici, Federica ^a   Coman, Calin ^b   Corsi, Massimiliano M ^a   Morricone, Lelio ^a   Ambrosi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipocytokines; Echocardiography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Visceral obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; FAT; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548034881     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.061     Document Type: Article

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