Association of epicardial fat with left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with metabolic syndrome: assessment using 2-dimensional echocardiography

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is related with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and poor cardiovascular outcome. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness, measured by echocardiography, is increased in subjects with MetS. However, the association of EAT with LV diastolic function...

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Autores principales: Park, Hyo Eun, Choi, Su-Yeon, Kim, Minkyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24406059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24406059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-3

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