The association between epicardial fat thickness and coronary artery calcification according to blood pressure status in nonhypertensive individuals: From the CAESAR study

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 305-312

  Lee, Tae Hoon ^a   So, Min Seok ^a   Kim, Byung Jin ^a   Kang, Jung Gyu ^a   Sung, Ki Chul ^a   Kim, Bum Soo ^a   Kang, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcification; Coronary calcium score; Echocardiography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat; Epidemiology; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; REGISTER; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; REGISTRIES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84931455497     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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