Diagonal earlobe crease associated with increased epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima media thickness in subjects free of clinical cardiovascular disease

• Päätekijät: Murat Ziyrek (Tekijä), Sinan Sahin (Tekijä), Emrah Ozdemir (Tekijä), Zeydin Acar (Tekijä), Serkan Kahraman (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: KARE Publishing, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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Objective: Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is a leading cause of death, worldwide. Diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) has been suggested as a simple, noninvasive marker of cardiovascular disease. Although epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) are clo...