Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness Correlates with the Presence and Severity of Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease in Stable Patients with Chest Pain

OBJECTIVE: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is suggested to correlate with metabolic risk factors and to promote plaque development in the coronary arteries. We sought to determine whether EAT thickness was associated or not with the presence and extent of angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD)....

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Autores principales: Picard, Fabien A., Gueret, Pascal, Laissy, Jean-Pierre, Champagne, Stéphane, Leclercq, Florence, Carrié, Didier, Juliard, Jean-Michel, Henry, Patrick, Niarra, Ralph, Chatellier, Gilles, Steg, Philippe Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25335187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110005

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