Epicardial Fat Thickness is Correlated with Vagal Hyperactivity in Patients with Neurally-Mediated Syncope

BACKGROUND: Epicardial fat tissue has unique endocrine and paracrine functions that affect the cardiac autonomic system. The head-up tilt test (HUTT) is a simple non-invasive measurement that assesses autonomic nervous system dysfunction. We investigated the association between epicardial fat thickn...

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Autores principales: Cho, Kyoung Im, Lee, Young Soo, Kim, Byong Kyu, Kim, Bong Joon, Kim, Kee Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28770033
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2017.25.2.57

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