Epicardial adipose tissue as a predictor of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic subjects

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-538

  Bachar, Gil N ^a,b,c   Dicker, Dror ^a,c   Kornowski, Ran ^a,b,c   Atar, Eli ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Mor Institute for Medical Data   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864396322     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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