Measurement of Epicardial Fat Thickness by Echocardiography Presents Challenges
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Measurement of Epicardial Fat Thickness by Echocardiography Presents Challenges
To the Editor, It was with great interest that we read the paper by Kaplan et al.1 entitled ‘‘Evaluation of Electrocardiographic T-peak to T-end Interval in Subjects with Increased Epicardial Fat Tissue Thickness’’ published on Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia in December 2015. They aimed to investigate the relationship between epicardial adipose tissue (EFT) and ventricular repolarization. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0066-782X
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160167