Increased Epicardial Fat Thickness Correlates with Aortic Stiffness and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Epicardial fat, a metabolically active tissue, has emerged as a risk factor and active player in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. We investigated epicardial fat thickness in patients who had sustained an acute ischemic stroke, and we evaluated the relationship of epicardial fat thickness with...

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I publikationen:Tex Heart Inst J
Huvudupphovsmän: Altun, Ibrahim, Unal, Yasemin, Basaran, Ozcan, Akin, Fatih, Emir, Gulser Karadaban, Kutlu, Gulnihal, Biteker, Murat
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Texas Heart® Institute, Houston 2016
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Clinical Investigation
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894700/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303237
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-15-5428
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