Postmenopausal Women With Greater Paracardial Fat Have More Coronary Artery Calcification Than Premenopausal Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Cardiovascular Fat Ancillary Study

BACKGROUND: Volumes of paracardial adipose tissue (PAT) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) are greater after menopause. Interestingly, PAT but not EAT is associated with estradiol decline, suggesting a potential role of menopause in PAT accumulation. We assessed whether volumes of heart fat depot (...

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Autores principales: El Khoudary, Samar R., Shields, Kelly J., Janssen, Imke, Budoff, Matthew J., Everson‐Rose, Susan A., Powell, Lynda H., Matthews, Karen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28137715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004545

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28137715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004545

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