Epicardial adipose tissue thickness by echocardiography is a marker for the presence and severity of coronary artery disease

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Eroglu, S ^a   Sade, L E ^a   Yildirir, A ^a   Bal, U ^a   Ozbicer, S ^a   Ozgul, A S ^a   Bozbas, H ^a   Aydinalp, A ^a   Muderrisoglu, H ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Epicardial adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 61649100311     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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