Epicardial adipose tissue volume as a predictor for coronary artery disease in diabetic, impaired fasting glucose, and non-diabetic patients presenting with chest pain

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Versteylen, Mathijs O ^a,b   Takx, Richard A P ^a   Joosen, Ivo A P G ^a,b   Nelemans, Patricia J ^c   Das, Marco ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a,b   Hofstra, Leonard ^b,d   Leiner, Tim ^a,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Cardiology Center Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomographic angiography; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Epicardial adipose tissue; Impaired glucose tolerance

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863824507     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes024     Document Type: Article

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