Cargando…

Development and reproducibility of a computed tomography-based measurement of renal sinus fat

BACKGROUND: Renal sinus fat may mediate obesity-related vascular disease, although this fat depot has not been assessed in a community-based sample. We sought to develop a protocol to quantify renal sinus fat accumulation using multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS: Protocol development...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Foster, Meredith C, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Porter, Stacy A, Massaro, Joseph M, Hoffmann, Udo, Fox, Caroline S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21970591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-12-52