Association of pericoronary fat volume with atherosclerotic plaque burden in the underlying coronary artery: A segment analysis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Mahabadi, Amir A ^a   Reinsch, Nico ^a   Lehmann, Nils ^a   Altenbernd, Jens ^a   Kälsch, Hagen ^a   Seibel, Rainer M ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Diagnostikum Mülheim ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dual source computed tomography; Pericardial fat; Pericoronary fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PERICORONARY FAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954312890     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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