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. 2025 Feb 18;32(3):266-268.
doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae380.

Integrating epicardial fat and heart rate recovery in adults with metabolic risk factors

Gaetano Santulli  1   2 , Leonardo Bencivenga  3 , Giuseppe Rengo  3   4 , Germano Guerra  5 , Pasquale Mone  2   5   6 , Klara Komici  5
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Integrating epicardial fat and heart rate recovery in adults with metabolic risk factors

Gaetano Santulli et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. .
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Conflict of interest: G.S. is an associate editor of EJPC; the article was assigned to another editor to assume responsibility for overseeing peer review. This submission was subject to the exact same review process as any other manuscript submitted to the journal.

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Relationship between HRR and epicardial fat thickness. The shaded area indicates the 95% confidence interval of the linear fit (continuous line). Coef.: beta coefficient of the z-score epicardial fat thickness resulted from the regression analysis adjusted for confounders.
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