Comparison of the effects of surgical and natural menopause on epicardial fat thickness and γ-glutamyltransferase level

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 901-905

  Cakir, Evrim ^a   Ozkaya, Enis ^b   Korkmaz, Vakkas ^b   Goktas, Ilhami ^c   Kucukozkan, Tuncay ^b  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Deparment of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

^c Departments of Radiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk; Epicardial fat thickness; F Glutamyltransferase level; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERECTOMY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; THICKNESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051550132     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31820ca95e     Document Type: Article

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