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Relationship between metabolic syndrome and epicardial fat tissue thickness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

OBJECTIVE: An increase in epicardial fat tissue (EFT) thickness was found to be associated with metabolic syndrome (MS) and ischemic heart disease. MS is a comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) resulting from the accompanying systemic inflammation. The aim of our study was to i...

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Autores principales: Demir, Melike, Acet, Halit, Kaya, Halide, Taylan, Mahsuk, Yüksel, Murat, Yılmaz, Süreyya, Sezgi, Cengizhan, Karadeniz, Gülistan, Yenibertiz, Derya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27025203
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6566