Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue predicts subclinical atherosclerosis: Epicardial adipose tissue and atherosclerosis

Angiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 586-590

  Comert, Nuri ^a   Yucel, Oguzhan ^b   Ege, Meltem Refiker ^c   Yaylak, Baris ^d   Erdogan, Guney ^e   Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan ^f  

^a Vezirkopru State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Samsun Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Koru Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Artvin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e Fatsa State Hospital   (Turkey)

^f CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary slow flow phenomenon; epicardial adipose tissue; normal coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SLOW CORONARY FLOW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGINA, STABLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84866720402     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711432452     Document Type: Article

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