Validation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of pericardial adipose tissue volume

BACKGROUND: Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) has been shown to be an independent predictor of coronary artery disease. To date its assessment has been restricted to the use of surrogate echocardiographic indices such as measurement of epicardial fat thickness over the right ventricular free wall, wh...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Adam J, Worthley, Matthew I, Psaltis, Peter J, Carbone, Angelo, Dundon, Benjamin K, Duncan, Rae F, Piantadosi, Cynthia, Lau, Dennis H, Sanders, Prashanthan, Wittert, Gary A, Worthley, Stephen G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19416534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-11-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19416534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-11-15

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