CLINICAL APPLICATION OF QUANTITATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF EPICARDIAL FAT TISSUE IN OBESITY

A historical meaning of obesity verified by body mass index as an obligatory factor for cardiovascular risk, is being refuted during recent decades by the results from epidemiological and prospective studies. The visceral obesity itself is etiopathogenetically associated with the processes of cardio...

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Main Authors: T. Yu. Kuznetsova, G. A. Chumakova, M. A. Druzhilov, N. G. Veselovskaya
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: «FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC 2017-05-01
Series:Российский кардиологический журнал
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Online Access:https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1001