Epicardial fat, rather than pericardial fat, is independently associated with diastolic filling in subjects without apparent heart disease

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 877-882

  Dabbah, S ^a   Komarov, H ^a   Marmor, A ^a   Assy, N ^a  

^a Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Long axis; Pericardial fat; Short axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIAL FAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLE; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; MITRAL VALVE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLE;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FASTING; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84904746291     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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