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Relationship Between Neck Circumference and Epicardial Fat Thickness in a Healthy Male Population

BACKGROUND: Epicardial fat is an upper body visceral fat depot that may play a significant role in the development of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. There is a significant direct relationship between the amount of epicardial fat and general body adiposity (body mass index, BMI),...

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Autores principales: Küçük, Uğur, Küçük, Hilal Olgun, Cüce, Ferhat, Balta, Sevket
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27509093
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20160112