Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Plaque Burden and Composition and Provides Incremental Value for the Prediction of Cardiac Outcome. A Clinical Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography Study

OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the association of epicardial adipose tissue (eCAT) volume with plaque burden, circulating biomarkers and cardiac outcomes in patients with intermediate risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS: 177 consecutive outpatients at intermediate risk...

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Autores principales: Gitsioudis, Gitsios, Schmahl, Christina, Missiou, Anna, Voss, Andreas, Schüssler, Alena, Abdel-Aty, Hassan, Buss, Sebastian J., Mueller, Dirk, Vembar, Mani, Bryant, Mark, Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich, Giannitsis, Evangelos, Katus, Hugo A., Korosoglou, Grigorios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155120

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155120

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