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An increase in epicardial adipose tissue is strongly associated with carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerotic plaque, but LDL only with the plaque

OBJECTIVE: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is reliable marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. Until today, there was no study that investigated whether epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), which is a surrogate for lipid depot in a special visceral tissue or circulating li...

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Autores principales: Kocaman, Sinan Altan, Baysan, Oben, Çetin, Mustafa, Altuner, Tuğba Kayhan, Ocaklı, Ezgi Polat, Durakoğlugil, Murtaza Emre, Erdoğan, Turan, Karaoğuz, Mustafa Remzi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27564776
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6885