Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and its association with adiponectin in metabolic syndrome patients from Mérida, Venezuela;Associação entre a espessura do tecido adipose epicárdico e a adiponectina em pacientes com síndrome metabólica em Mérida, Venezuela

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 352-361

  Lima Martínez, Marcos M ^a   López Mendez, Gabriel ^b   Odreman, Rodolfo ^b   Donis, José H ^b   Paoli, Mariela ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat; Hispanics; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VENEZUELA;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM; STROKE VOLUME; TRIGLYCERIDES; VENEZUELA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84902581094     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0004-2730000002888     Document Type: Article

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