Role of epicardial adipose tissue in atrial fibrillation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2738-2739

  Soeki, Takeshi ^a   Sata, Masataka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; PIOGLITAZONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84870496572     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1283     Document Type: Editorial

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