Epicardial adipose tissue thickness correlates with the presence and severity of angiographic coronary artery disease in stable patients with chest pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Picard, Fabien A ^a   Gueret, Pascal ^a   Laissy, Jean Pierre ^a   Champagne, Stéphane ^a   Leclercq, Florence ^b   Carrie, Didier ^c   Juliard, Jean Michel ^a   Henry, Patrick ^d   Niarra, Ralph ^e,f   Chatellier, Gilles ^e,f,g   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^a,h  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY MASS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84908192479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110005     Document Type: Article

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