Increased Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity

Increased Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity

BackgroundEpicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is suggested to play an important role in the progression of metabolic syndrome. We aimed to establish a simple method to measure EAT and examine the differences in EAT thickness according to the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity.MethodsA total...

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Main Authors: Do Kyeong Song, Young Sun Hong, Hyejin Lee, Jee-Young Oh, Yeon-Ah Sung, Yookyung Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Diabetes Association 2015-10-01
Series:Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
Subjects:
Adipose tissue
Diabetes mellitus, type 2
Obesity
Online Access:http://e-dmj.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2004DMJ/dmj-39-405.pdf

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