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Epicardial Fat and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

BACKGROUND: The association between visceral obesity and cardiovascular risk has been well described. Some studies show a proportional relationship between the presence of visceral obesity and epicardial fat. Measuring the amount of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) can be a novel parameter that is in...

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Autores principales: Mookadam, Farouk, Goel, Ramil, Alharthi, Mohsen S., Jiamsripong, Panupong, Cha, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577377
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.76801