Epicardial fat thickness and coronary artery disease correlate independently of obesity

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-454

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Lonn, Eva ^b   Lamy, Andre ^a   Singh, Navneet ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78951494989     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.117     Document Type: Article

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