An association study between epicardial fat thickness and cognitive impairment in the elderly

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2014, Pages H1269-H1276

  Mazzoccoli, Gianluigi ^a   Dagostino, Mariangela Pia ^a   Vinciguerra, Manlio ^a,b,c   Ciccone, Filomena ^a   Paroni, Giulia ^a   Seripa, Davide ^a   Addante, Filomena ^a   Montella, Rosa Chiara ^b,c   De Cosmo, Salvatore ^a   Sera, Francesco ^d   Greco, Antonio ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Euro Mediterranean Institute for Science and Technology IEMEST   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic risk; Cognitive impairment; Epicardial fat; MMSE

Indexed keywords

FAT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METABOLIC BALANCE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLOME; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84908374175     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00175.2014     Document Type: Article

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