Pericardial and thoracic peri-aortic adipose tissues contribute to systemic inflammation and calcified coronary atherosclerosis independent of body fat composition, anthropometric measures and traditional cardiovascular risks

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 749-756

  Yun, Chun Ho ^a   Lin, Tin Yu ^a   Wu, Yih Jer ^a,b,c   Liu, Chuan Chuan ^a,d,e   Kuo, Jen Yuan ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^a,b   Yang, Fei Shih ^a   Chen, Su Chiu ^a   Hou, Charles Jia Yin ^a,b   Bezerra, Hiram G ^f   Hung, Chung Lieh ^a,b   Cury, Ricardo C ^g  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^g Baptist Cardiac Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NCEP ATP III RISK SCORE; PERICARDIAL PERIAORTIC VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACIC PERIAORTIC VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; CALCINOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858291027     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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