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- Title
Correlation of epicardial fat and anthropometric measurements in Asian-Indians: A community based study.
- Authors
Shetty, Ranjan; Vivek, G; Naha, Kushal; Nayak, Krishnananda; Goyal, Amit; Dias, Lorraine S
- Abstract
It is increasingly evident that visceral adipose tissue plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, accurate quantification of intra-abdominal visceral fat is cumbersome and expensive. Epicardial fat represents the component of visceral fat distributed around the heart, and is readily and non-invasively assessed by echocardiography.
- Publication
Avicenna journal of medicine, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 4, p89
- ISSN
2231-0770
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4103/2231-0770.110739