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. 2004 Oct 15;94(8):1084-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.075.

Relation between epicardial adipose tissue and left ventricular mass

Gianluca Iacobellis  1 , Maria Cristina Ribaudo, Alessandra Zappaterreno, Concetta Valeria Iannucci, Frida Leonetti
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Relation between epicardial adipose tissue and left ventricular mass

Gianluca Iacobellis et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

Visceral adiposity is a cardiovascular risk factor of growing interest. This study sought to evaluate the hypothesis of a relation between epicardial adipose tissue, the visceral adipose tissue deposited around the heart, and left ventricular morphology in healthy subjects with a wide range of adiposity. We found for the first time that an increase in epicardial fat is significantly related to an increase in left ventricular mass.

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