Epicardial adipose tissue thickness correlates with the presence and severity of angiographic coronary artery disease in stable patients with chest pain.

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness correlates with the presence and severity of angiographic coronary artery disease in stable patients with chest pain.

<h4>Objective</h4>Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is suggested to correlate with metabolic risk factors and to promote plaque development in the coronary arteries. We sought to determine whether EAT thickness was associated or not with the presence and extent of angiographic coronary art...

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Main Authors: Fabien A Picard, Pascal Gueret, Jean-Pierre Laissy, Stéphane Champagne, Florence Leclercq, Didier Carrié, Jean-Michel Juliard, Patrick Henry, Ralph Niarra, Gilles Chatellier, Philippe Gabriel Steg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110005

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