EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS - AN ALTERNATIVE TO WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AS A STAND-ALONE OR SECONDARY MAIN CRITERION IN METABOLIC SYNDROME DIAGNOSTICS?

Aim. To assess the potential of echocardiographically assessed epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness as a predictor of high cardiovascular risk (CVR) and subclinical target organ damage (STOD) in patients with abdominal obesity (AO). Material and methods. In 132 normotensive AO patients (mean ag...

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Main Authors: M. A. Druzhilov, Yu. E. Beteleva, T. Yu. Kuznetsova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: «FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC 2014-03-01
Series:Российский кардиологический журнал
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Online Access:https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/21
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