Epicardial fat reflects arterial stiffness: Assessment using 256-slice multidetector coronary computed tomography and cardio-ankle vascular index

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 570-576

  Park, Hyo Eun ^a   Choi, Su Yeon ^a   Kim, Hua Sun ^a   Kim, Min Kyung ^a   Cho, Sang Heon ^a   Oh, Byung Hee ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardio ankle vascular index; Computed tomography; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULSE PRESSURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANKLE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863551490     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.12484     Document Type: Article

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