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Correlation Between Epicardial Fat Thickness by Echocardiography and Other Parameters in Obese Adolescents

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and affects people of all ages. Recent studies have shown that visceral adipose tissue measured by magnetic resonance imaging and/or computed tomography correlates positively with epicardial adipose tissue. Epicardial fat,...

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Autores principales: Kim, Sung Jin, Kim, Hae Soon, Jung, Jo Won, Kim, Nam Su, Noh, Chung Il, Hong, Young Mi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870081
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.7.471