Echocardiographic Epicardial Adipose Tissue as a New Indicator of Cardiovascular Risk
Abstract Background and Purpose: Epicardial fat is the true visceral fat located around the heart, particularly around sub-epicardial coronary arteries that may locally interact and modulate the coronary arteries and myocardium through paracrine or vasocrine secretion of anti-inflammatory and proat...
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Language: | English |
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Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
2016-10-01
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Series: | علوم بهداشتی ایران |
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Online Access: | http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-279-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |