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Increased Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity

BACKGROUND: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is suggested to play an important role in the progression of metabolic syndrome. We aimed to establish a simple method to measure EAT and examine the differences in EAT thickness according to the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity. METHODS: A...

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Autores principales: Song, Do Kyeong, Hong, Young Sun, Lee, Hyejin, Oh, Jee-Young, Sung, Yeon-Ah, Kim, Yookyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Diabetes Association 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26566498
http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2015.39.5.405