Single-slice epicardial fat area measurement: Do we need to measure the total epicardial fat volume?

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-109

  Oyama, Noriko ^a   Goto, Daisuke ^b   Ito, Yoichi M ^b   Ishimori, Naoki ^b   Mimura, Rie ^a   Furumoto, Tomoo ^b   Kato, Fumi ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^b   Tamaki, Nagara ^b   Terae, Satoshi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epicardial fat area; Epicardial fat volume; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT AREA; EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SLICE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952471992     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-010-0524-z     Document Type: Article

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