Epicardial Fat Tissue Predicts Increased Long-Term Major Adverse Cardiac Event in Patients with Moderate Cardiovascular Risk

Angiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 619-624

  Ulucan, Seref ^a   Kaya, Zeynettin ^a   Efe, Duran ^a   Keser, Ahmet ^a   Katlandur, Hüseyin ^a   Aygun, Fatih ^a   Ulgen, Mehmet Slddlk ^a   Avci, Ahmet ^b   Calapkorur, Bekir ^c   Kaya, Mehmet G ^c  

^a MEVLANA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

epicardial fat tissue; major adverse cardiac events; multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84937901450     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319714548211     Document Type: Article

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