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. 2020 Jun 21;41(24):2334-2335.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa474.

Epicardial adipose tissue: fuel for COVID-19-induced cardiac injury?

In-Cheol Kim  1 , Seongwook Han  1
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Epicardial adipose tissue: fuel for COVID-19-induced cardiac injury?

In-Cheol Kim et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Cardiac injury associated with SARS-CoV-2 and the role of epicardial adipose tissue. EAT, epicardial adipose tissue; ACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; MVD, microvascular damage; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; IL, interleukin.
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