Excess epicardial fat mass misrepresented as cardiomegaly in dry-weight assessment of a dialysis patient

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-437

  Kircelli, Fatih ^a   Gunduz, Mehmet ^a   Gungor, Ozkan ^b   Ok, Ercan ^b  

^a Yozgat State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Dry weight; Epicardial fat mass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EXCESS EPICARDIAL FAT MASS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMEGALY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PERICARDIUM; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84863496002     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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