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Cardiac adipose tissue volume assessed by computed tomography is a specific and independent predictor of early mortality and critical illness in COVID-19 in type 2-diabetic patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with type 2-diabetes mellitus (T2D), are characterized by visceral and ectopic adipose tissue expansion, leading to systemic chronic low-grade inflammation. As visceral adiposity is associated with severe COVID-19 irrespective of obesity, we aimed to evaluate and compare the pre...

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Autores principales: Charpentier, Etienne, Redheuil, Alban, Bourron, Olivier, Boussouar, Samia, Lucidarme, Olivier, Zarai, Mohamed, Kachenoura, Nadjia, Bouazizi, Khaoula, Salem, Joe-Elie, Hekimian, Guillaume, Kerneis, Matthieu, Amoura, Zahir, Allenbach, Yves, Hatem, Stephane, Jeannin, Anne-Caroline, Andreelli, Fabrizio, Phan, Franck
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9805370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36587209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01722-2