Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness by echocardiography and hypertension

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Eroǧlu, Serpil ^a   Sade, Leyla Elif ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Demir, Özlem ^a   Müderrisoǧlu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue pathology; Body weight; Echocardiography; Epicardium; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome X; Myocardium pathology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876725252     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.83479     Document Type: Article

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