Relation between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and blood pressure levels in prehypertension

• Päätekijät: Osman Turak (Tekijä), Fırat Özcan (Tekijä), Uğur Canpolat (Tekijä), Mehmet A Mendi (Tekijä), Fatih Öksüz (Tekijä), Özcan Özeke (Tekijä), Derya Tok (Tekijä), Kumral Çağlı (Tekijä), Dursun Aras (Tekijä), Sinan Aydoğdu (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: KARE Publishing, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: Increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated that EAT thickness is increased in patients with hypertension compared with normotensive individuals. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate whether ec...