Epicardial fat thickness correlates with carotid intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness, and cardiac geometry in children and adolescents

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 450-456

  Cabrera Rego, Julio Oscar ^a   Iacobellis, Gianluca ^b   Castillo Herrera, José Arcides ^a   Valiente Mustelier, Juan ^c   Gandarilla Sarmientos, Julio C ^c   Marín Juliá, Silvia María ^d   Navarrete Cabrera, Juliette ^d  

^a Hospital Manuel Fajardo   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery   (Cuba)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epicardial fat; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE WAVE; RESTING HEART RATE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84897593790     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-013-0799-9     Document Type: Article

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