Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness is associated with arterial stiffness

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2234-2238

  Kim, Byung Jin ^a   Kim, Bum Soo ^a   Kang, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Echocardiography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIAL FAT; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84883276051     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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