Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a predictor for plaque vulnerability in patients with significant coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-139

  Park, Jin Sun ^a   Choi, So Yeon ^a   Zheng, Mingri ^a   Yang, Hyoung Mo ^a   Lim, Hong Seok ^a   Choi, Byoung Joo ^a   Yoon, Myeong Ho ^a   Hwang, Gyo Seung ^a   Tahk, Seung Jea ^a   Shin, Joon Han ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery atherosclerosis; Epicardial adipose tissue; Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871382988     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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