Impact of epicardial fat volume on coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients with a zero calcium score

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2852-2858

  Ito, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Suzuki, Yoriyasu ^c   Ehara, Mariko ^a   Matsuo, Hitoshi ^d   Teramoto, Tomohiko ^a   Terashima, Mitsuyasu ^a   Nasu, Kenya ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshihisa ^a   Tsuchikane, Etsuo ^a   Suzuki, Takahiko ^a   Kimura, Genjiro ^b  

^a Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Nagoya Heart Center   (Japan)

^d GIFU HEART CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Epicardial fat volume; Zero calcium score

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STENOSIS; ZERO CALCIUM SCORE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME; ZERO CALCIUM SCORE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84883817324     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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