Epicardial fat: A new tool for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk;Grasa epicárdica: Una nueva herramienta para la evaluación del riesgo cardiometabólico

Hipertension y Riesgo Vascular

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Lima Martinez M M ^a   Iacobellis, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epicardial fat; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; THICKNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955485336     PISSN: 18891837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hipert.2010.12.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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