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Pericardial fat and its influence on cardiac diastolic function

BACKGROUND: Pericardial fat (PF) has been suggested to directly act on cardiomyocytes, leading to diastolic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a higher PF volume is associated with a lower diastolic function in healthy subjects. METHODS: 254 adults (40–70 years, BMI 18–35 ...

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Autores principales: de Wit-Verheggen, Vera H. W., Altintas, Sibel, Spee, Romy J. M., Mihl, Casper, van Kuijk, Sander M. J., Wildberger, Joachim E., Schrauwen-Hinderling, Vera B., Kietselaer, Bas L. J. H., van de Weijer, Tineke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32807203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-020-01097-2