Quantitative analysis of epicardial fat volume: effects of scanning protocol and reproducibility of measurements in non-contrast cardiac CT vs. coronary CT angiography

BACKGROUND: Several studies have focused on the role of epicardial fat in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The main purpose of the study was to evaluate a computerized method for the quantitative analysis of epicardial fat volume (EFV) by non-contrast cardiac CT (NCT) for coronary c...

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Publicado en:Quant Imaging Med Surg
Autores principales: D’Errico, Luigia, Salituri, Francesco, Ciardetti, Marco, Favilla, Riccardo, Mazzarisi, Alessandro, Coppini, Giuseppe, Bartolozzi, Carlo, Marraccini, Paoli
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537129/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811999
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims.2017.06.08
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