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Coronary age, based on coronary calcium measurement, is increased in patients with morbid obesity
PURPOSE: Obesity is a well-known of risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, recently an “obesity paradox” has been discussed, which is considered as a protective effect of obesity on the development coronary artery disease (CAD). An aim of the study was to investigate the risk of CAD in morbidly o...
Autores principales: | Lemanowicz, Adam, Białecki, Marcin, Leszczyński, Waldemar, Hawrył, Mateusz |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30655919 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2018.78624 |
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