Epicardial fat thickness in heart failure and other clinical conditions

Angiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-172

  Whayne, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GHRELIN; LEPTIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL GROWTH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; THICKNESS; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84875970594     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319712450310     Document Type: Review

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