Epicardial adipose tissue thickness predicts descending thoracic aorta atherosclerosis shown by multidetector computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 911-919

  Yorgun, Hikmet ^a   Canpolat, Uǧur ^b   Hazirolan, Tuncay ^b   Sunman, Hamza ^b   Ateş, Ahmet Hakan ^c   Gürses, Kadri Murat ^b   Ertuǧrul, Özgür ^b   Kaya, Ergün Bariş ^b   Aytemir, Kudret ^b   Tokgözoǧlu, Lale ^b   Kabakçi, Giray ^b   Oto, Ali ^b  

^a Polatli Duatepe State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sinop Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic atherosclerosis; Epicardial fat tissue; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 84865528576     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9899-x     Document Type: Article

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