Epicardial adipose tissue thickness in hemodialysis patients

Echocardiography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 941-946

  Altun, Burak ^a   Tasolar, Hakan ^b   Eren, Necmi ^b   Binnetoʇlu, Emine ^a   Altun, Mehzat ^a   Temiz, Ahmet ^a   Gazi, Emine ^a   Barutcu, Ahmet ^a   Altunoren, Orcun ^b   Colkesen, Yucel ^a   Uysal, Fatma ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epicardial adipose tissue; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; THICKNESS; TREATMENT DURATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908068545     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12498     Document Type: Article

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