Increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a predictor of new-onset diabetes mellitus in patients with coronary artery disease treated with high-intensity statins

BACKGROUND: Statins are widely used for lipid lowering in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), but increasing evidence indicates an association between statin use and new-onset of diabetes mellitus (NODM). Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) refers to the visceral fat surrounding the heart, whic...

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Autores principales: Kang, Jeehoon, Kim, Young-Chan, Park, Jin Joo, Kim, Sehun, Kang, Si-Hyuck, Cho, Young Jin, Yoon, Yeonyee E., Oh, Il-Young, Yoon, Chang-Hwan, Suh, Jung-Won, Cho, Young-Seok, Youn, Tae-Jin, Chae, In-Ho, Choi, Dong-Ju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29325562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-017-0650-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29325562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-017-0650-3

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