Gender disparities in the association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and coronary atherosclerosis: A 3-dimensional cardiac computed tomography imaging study in Japanese subjects

BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may contribute to the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this study, we explored gender disparities in EAT volume (EATV) and its impact on coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS: The study population consisted of 90...

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Main Authors: Dagvasumberel, Munkhbaatar, Shimabukuro, Michio, Nishiuchi, Takeshi, Ueno, Junji, Takao, Shoichiro, Fukuda, Daiju, Hirata, Yoichiro, Kurobe, Hirotsugu, Soeki, Takeshi, Iwase, Takashi, Kusunose, Kenya, Niki, Toshiyuki, Yamaguchi, Koji, Taketani, Yoshio, Yagi, Shusuke, Tomita, Noriko, Yamada, Hirotsugu, Wakatsuki, Tetsuzo, Harada, Masafumi, Kitagawa, Tetsuya, Sata, Masataka
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489699/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22963346
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-11-106
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