A single slice measure of epicardial adipose tissue can serve as an indirect measure of total epicardial adipose tissue burden and is associated with obstructive coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-430

  Tran, Thomas ^a   Small, Gary ^a   Cocker, Myra ^a   Yam, Yeung ^a   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Epicardial adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897016536     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet175     Document Type: Article

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