Echocardiographic epicardial fat: A new tool in the white coat pocket

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 519-522

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 51249092812     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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