Epicardial Fat Thickness and Primary Aldosteronism

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 238-241

  Iacobellis, G ^a   Petramala, L ^b   Marinelli, C ^b   Calvieri, C ^b   Zinnamosca, L ^b   Concistre A ^b   Iannucci, G ^b   De Toma, G ^b   Letizia, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

epicardial fat; obesity; primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RENIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; FAT;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; AGE; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84961391402     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1559769     Document Type: Article

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