Epicardial adipose tissue is related to cardiac function in elderly women, but not in men

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• 作者：Su-A Kim^a ; Mi-Na Kim^b ; Wan-Joo Shim^b ; Seong-Mi Park^b ; ^{smparkmd@korea.ac.kr}
• 关键词：Adipose tissue ; Cardiac function ; Women ; Difference
• 刊名：Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：41-47
• 全文大小：771 K
• 卷排序：27

文摘

Body fat distribution including epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is different between women and men. EAT thickness is significantly related to left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in women. Increased EAT thickness might be one of the reason of heart failure with preserved ejection in elderly women.