IS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS RELEVANT TO EPICARDIAL FAT VOLUME BY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY?
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Increased epicardial fat volume quantified by 64-multidetector computed tomography is associated with coronary atherosclerosis and totally occlusive lesions.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)61173-1