Echocardiographic parameters of epicardial fat deposition and its relation to coronary artery disease

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-129

  Mustelier, Juan Valiente ^a   Rego, Julio Oscar Cabrera ^a   González, Angela Gala ^b   Sarmiento, Júlio César Gandarilla ^a   Riverón, Beatriz Vega ^b  

^a National Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Institute   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Pericardium; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX; SMOKING HABIT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL SEPTUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054050303     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2011005000068     Document Type: Article

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