Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 279-287 , November 2010

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with coronary atherosclerosis is region-specific and independent of conventional risk factors and intra-abdominal adiposity

  • Tzung-Dau Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Jeng Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fuh-Yuan Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Hua Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Jone Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuan-Teh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Fong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Zhong-Shan South Road, Taipei City 10002, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2312 3456x65632; fax: +886 2 2391 3682.

Received 23 January 2010 ,Revised 4 July 2010 ,Accepted 27 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.07.055

Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 279-287 , November 2010

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