Epicardial fat volume and concurrent presence of both myocardial ischemia and obstructive coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-426

  Nakazato, Ryo ^a   Dey, Damini ^a,b   Cheng, Victor Y ^a,b   Gransar, Heidi ^a   Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Hayes, Sean W ^a,b   Thomson, Louise E J ^a,b   Friedman, John D ^a,b   Min, James K ^a,b   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicardial fat; Ischemia; Non contrast CT; PET; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM 82;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPICARDIUM FAT VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THORAX PAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; PERICARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858707682     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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