Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and early impairment of left ventricular systolic function in patients with preserved ejection fraction

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1010-1015

  Watanabe, Keiko ^a   Kishino, Tomonori ^a,b   Sano, Junko ^a   Ariga, Toshiyuki ^a   Okuyama, Shuhei ^b   Mori, Hideaki ^b   Matsushima, Satsuki ^b   Ohtsuka, Kouki ^a,b   Ohnishi, Hiroaki ^a,b   Watanabe, Takashi ^a,b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Impairment; Left ventricular systolic function; Lifestyle related disease; S ; TMAD ; Women

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SYSTOLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84923673628     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-015-0650-8     Document Type: Article

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