Epicardial adipose tissue and metabolic syndrome in hypertensive patients with normal body weight and waist circumference

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1145-1149

  Pierdomenico, Sante D ^a   Pierdomenico, Anna M ^a   Neri, Matteo ^a   Cuccurullo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure; epicardial fat; essential hypertension; hypertension; metabolic syndrome; normal weight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM ADPIOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80054931057     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.134     Document Type: Review

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