Association of epicardial and abdominal visceral adipose tissue with coronary atherosclerosis in patients with a coronary artery calcium score of zero

Circulation Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1084-1091

  Tsushima, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Kitagawa, Toshiro ^a   Urabe, Yoji ^a   Tatsugami, Fuminari ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Metabolic syndrome; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); Obesity; Plaque

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84928473832     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1169     Document Type: Article

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