Serum γ-glutamyltransferase levels correlate with epicardial adipose tissue thickness in patients with coronary artery disease

Angiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Ege, Meltem Refiker ^a   Guray, Umit ^b   Guray, Yesim ^b   Demirkan, Burcu ^b   Kisacik, Halil ^b  

^a Kavaklidere Umut Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

glutamyltransferase; coronary artery disease; echocardiography; epicardial adipose tissue; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLORIMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGINA, STABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870903926     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711433197     Document Type: Article

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