Epicardial fat thickness: A surrogate marker of coronary artery disease – Assessment by echocardiography
Objective: Epicardial fat is considered as indicator of cardiovascular risk. Several studies have tested the association between epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and coronary artery disease. The aim of our study is to test the hypothesis that echocardiographic EFT is a marker of coronary artery diseas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-05-01
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Series: | Indian Heart Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001948321500348X |