Subcutaneous fat thickness, but not epicardial fat thickness, parallels weight reduction three months after bariatric surgery: A cardiac magnetic resonance study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4532-4533

  Foppa, Murilo ^a,b   Pond, Kyle K ^a   Jones, Daniel B ^a   Schneider, Benjamin ^a   Kissinger, Kraig V ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cardiac resonance imaging; Epicardial fat; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; THICKNESS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIAC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPICARDIAL FAT; OBESITY;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84886260886     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.099     Document Type: Article

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