Could epicardial adipose tissue thickness by echocardiography be correlated with acute coronary syndrome risk scores

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1130-1134

  Altun, Burak ^a   Colkesen, Yucel ^a   Gazi, Emine ^a   Tasolar, Hakan ^b   Temiz, Ahmet ^a   Simsek, Hicran Yildiz ^a   Barutcu, Ahmet ^a   Gungor, Omer ^c   Kirilmaz, Bahadir ^a   Ceyhan, Koksal ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Canakkale State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HIGH SENSITIVE TROPONIN T; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLOBAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE CORONARY EVENT SCORING; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNTAX SCORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84887017859     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12276     Document Type: Article

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