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Evaluation oF Epicardial Fat and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Obese Children

BACKGROUND: Epicardial fat has a role in cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVES: To assess epicardial fat and its relation with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in obese adolescents with metabolic syndrome (MetS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 60 obese adolescents and 25 control subjects...

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Autores principales: Elshorbagy, Hatem Hamed, Fouda, ElSaeed R., Kamal, Naglaa M., Bassiouny, Mohammed M., Fathi, Waleed M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848373
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijp.2968