Statins Reduce Epicardial Adipose Tissue Attenuation Independent of Lipid Lowering: A Potential Pleiotropic Effect

BACKGROUND: High epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) attenuation (Hounsfield units [HUs]) on computed tomography is considered a marker of inflammation and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Statins reduce the volume of EAT, but it is unknown whether they affect EAT HUs. METH...

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Autores principales: Raggi, Paolo, Gadiyaram, Varuna, Zhang, Chao, Chen, Zhengjia, Lopaschuk, Gary, Stillman, Arthur E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6645620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31190609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.013104

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6645620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31190609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.013104

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