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Differential association of visceral adipose tissue with coronary plaque characteristics in patients with and without diabetes mellitus
BACKGROUND: Excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is closely associated with the presence of coronary artery plaques that are vulnerable to rupture. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have more VAT than patients without DM, but the extent to which VAT contributes to the characteristics of coronary...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975136/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-13-61 |