Relation of Echocardiographic Epicardial Fat Thickness and Myocardial Fat

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1831-1835

  Malavazos, Alexis Elias ^a   Di Leo, Giovanni ^a   Secchi, Francesco ^a   Lupo, Eleonora Norma ^a   Dogliotti, Giada ^a   Coman, Calin ^b   Morricone, Lelio ^a   Corsi, Massimiliano Marco ^a   Sardanelli, Francesco ^a   Iacobellis, Gianluca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FAT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPICARDIAL FAT; FAT CONTENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID HEART MUSCLE LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION TIME; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953122695     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.01.368     Document Type: Article

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