Usefulness of the epicardial fat tissue thickness as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syndrome

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-377

  Kaya, Berna ^a   Kaya, Bedri Caner ^a   Karakas, Emel Yigit ^b   Baysal, Sadettin Selcuk ^a   Cadirci, Dursun ^b   Erkus, Emre ^b   Altiparmak, Ibrahim Halil ^b   Savik, Emin ^b   Sezen, Hatice ^b   Ulas, Turgay ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epicardial fat tissue thickness; Geriatrics; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939550238     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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