Association of pericardial adipose tissue volume with presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 143-150

  Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Li Jun ^a   Peng, Yong Ping ^a   Zhang, Long Jiang ^a   Jiang, Shi Sen ^a   Gong, Jian Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84880015016     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25011/cim.v36i3.19725     Document Type: Article

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