Epicardial fat volume in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-401

  Khawaja, Tuba ^a   Greer, Christine ^a   Chokshi, Aalap ^a   Chavarria, Nelson ^a   Thadani, Samir ^a   Jones, Meaghan ^a   Schaefle, Kenneth ^a   Bhatia, Ketan ^a   Collado, J Elias ^a   Shimbo, Daichi ^a   Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Schulze, P Christian ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79960377550     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.058     Document Type: Article

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