Echocardiographic Assessment of Epicardial Adipose Tissue - A Marker of Visceral Adiposity

Visceral adipose tissue predicts an unfavorable cardiovascular and metabolic risk profile in humans. Existing methods to assess visceral adipose tissue have been limited. Thus, echocardiographic assessment of epicardial adipose tissue as a marker of visceral adiposity was suggested. The technique ha...

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Autores principales: Singh, Navneet, Singh, Harleen, Khanijoun, Harleen K, Iacobellis, Gianluca
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: McGill University 2007
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18523601

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18523601

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