Epicardial adipose tissue is related to cardiac function in elderly women, but not in men

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-47

  Kim, Su A ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^b   Shim, Wan Joo ^b   Park, Seong Mi ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cardiac function; Difference; Women

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; EPICARDIAL FAT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTOLE;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEOUL; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85008223211     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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