Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness is associated with carotid intima-media thickness in patients with metabolic syndrome

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 853-858

  Sengul, Cihan ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^b   Ozveren, Olcay ^c   Oduncu, Vecih ^c   Sunbul, Aysegul ^a   Akgun, Taylan ^c   Can, Mehmet Mustafa ^c   Semiz, Ender ^a   Dindar, Ismet ^a  

^a MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81155159652     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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