Increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume in type 2 diabetes mellitus and association with metabolic syndrome and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 876-882

  Lee, Yau Jiunn ^e   Wang, Chao Ping ^a,b   Hsu, Hui Ling ^c   Hung, Wei Chin ^a   Yu, Teng Hung ^a   Chen, Yen Hsun ^a   Chiu, Cheng An ^a   Lu, Li Fen ^b   Chung, Fu Mei ^a   Shin, Shyi Jang ^d  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Lee's Endocrinologic Clinic   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66149112904     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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