Increased Visceral Adipose Tissue as a Potential Risk Factor in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)

PURPOSE: The etiology of an ischemic stroke remains undetermined in 20–35% of cases and many patients do not have any of the conventional risk factors. Increased visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a suggested new risk factor for both carotid artery atherosclerosis (CAA) and atrial fibrillation (AF), b...

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Autores principales: Muuronen, Antti T., Taina, Mikko, Hedman, Marja, Marttila, Jarkko, Kuusisto, Johanna, Onatsu, Juha, Vanninen, Ritva, Jäkälä, Pekka, Sipola, Petri, Mustonen, Pirjo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25756793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120598

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25756793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120598

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