Epicardium fat and insulin-resistance: Our first results;Grasa epicárdica e insulinorresistencia. nuestros primeros resultados

Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomedicas

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Rego, Julio Oscar Cabrera ^a   Mesa, Abdel del Busto ^b   Gandarilla Sarmientos, Julio C ^a   Díaz, Ida González ^a   Mustelier, Juan Valiente ^a   Rojas, Nurys de Armas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGÍA Y CIRUGÍA CARDIOVASCULAR   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851479402     PISSN: 08640300     EISSN: 15613011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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