The associations of epicardial adipose tissue with coronary artery disease and coronary atherosclerosis

International Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-203

  Kim, Se Hong ^a   Chung, Ju Hye ^a   Kwon, Beom June ^a   Song, Sang Wook ^a   Choi, Whan Seok ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENSINI SCORE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901484726     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.13-303     Document Type: Article

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