Epicardial adipose tissue is an independent marker of cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1199-1205

  Guaraldi, Giovanni ^a   Scaglioni, Riccardo ^b   Zona, Stefano ^a   Orlando, Gabriella ^a   Carli, Federica ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^b   Besutti, Giulia ^b   Bagni, Pietro ^a   Rossi, Rosario ^c   Modena, Maria G ^c   Raggi, Paolo ^d  

^a Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit   (Italy)

^b Radiology Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; cardiovascular disease; coronary calcium; epicardial fat; HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HIV ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957643018     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283474b9f     Document Type: Article

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