Increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness in type 2 diabetes mellitus and Obesity

Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 405-413

  Song, Do Kyeong ^a   Hong, Young Sun ^a   Lee, Hyejin ^a   Oh, Jee Young ^a   Sung, Yeon Ah ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIAL FAT AREA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFTT ATRIOVENTRICULAR GROOVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIGHT ATRIOVENTRICULAR GROOVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84947429178     PISSN: 22336079     EISSN: 22336087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2015.39.5.405     Document Type: Article

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