Increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness is linked to aortic stiffness in patients with primary hypertension

Blood Pressure

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 222-227

  Doǧan, Mehmet ^a   Turak, Osman ^b   Akyel, Ahmet ^a   Grboviç, Enis ^b   Mendi, Mehmet Ali ^b   Öksüz, Fatih ^b   Doǧan, Aynur ^c   Çimen, Tolga ^a   Bilgin, Murat ^a   Sunman, Hamza ^a   Yeter, Ekrem ^a   Aydoǧdu, Sinan ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Department of Family Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Epicardial adipose tissue; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC STRAIN; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84904666696     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2013.863991     Document Type: Article

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