Increased epicardial adipose tissue in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 833-838

  Çetin, Mustafa ^a   Erdoǧan, Turan ^b   Kocaman, Sinan Altan ^a   Çanga, Aytun ^a   Çiçek, Yüksel ^b   Durakoǧlugil, Murtaza Emre ^b   Şatiroǧlu, Ömer ^b   Akgül, Özgür ^c   Bostan, Mehmet ^b  

^a Rize Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ordu State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery ectasia; Echocar diography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat pad

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84859853662     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7121     Document Type: Article

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