Association of epicardial adipose tissue with coronary atherosclerosis is region-specific and independent of conventional risk factors and intra-abdominal adiposity

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Wang, Tzung Dau ^a   Lee, Wen Jeng ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Huang, Chien Hua ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a   Shih, Tiffany Ting Fang ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Fat; Risk factor; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77958487910     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.07.055     Document Type: Article

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