Not All Body Fat Weighs Equally in the Acceleration of Coronary Artery Disease

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 918-920

  Berman, Daniel S ^a   Cheng, Victor Y ^a   Dey, Damini ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal fat; computed tomography; coronary CT angiography; metabolic syndrome; pericardial fat; rupture prone plaque; visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953794825     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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