Ankle brachial index intensifies the diagnostic accuracy of epicardial fat thickness for the prediction of coronary artery disease complexity

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 764-771

  Aykan, Ahmet Çaǧri ^a   Gül, Ilker ^a   Gökdeniz, Tayyar ^a   Hatem, Engin ^a   Arslan, Ahmet Oǧuz ^a   Kalaycioǧlu, Ezgi ^a   Turan, Turhan ^a   Belen, Erdal ^b   Çetin, Mustafa ^a  

^a Ahi Evren Chests and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Alsancak Nevvar Salih Isgoren State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Ankle brachial index; Coronary; Epicardial fat thickness; Peripheral artery disease; SYNTAX

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYNTAX SCORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84904957539     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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