Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Pericardial Adipose Tissue and Coronary Artery Calcified Plaque: African-American-Diabetes Heart Study

Background: Calcified atherosclerotic plaque (CP) is less prevalent and less severe in African-Americans (AA), relative to European Americans (EA). Because pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is associated with CP in the neighboring coronary arteries, we explored ethnic-specific relationships between P...

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Main Authors: Divers, Jasmin, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Bowden, Donald W., Carr, J. Jeffrey, Hightower, R. Caresse, Register, Thomas C., Xu, Jianzhao, Langefeld, Carl D., Freedman, Barry I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Endocrine Society 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999975/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20810573
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-0793
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