Association of Periaortic Fat and Abdominal Visceral Fat with Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Chinese Middle Aged and Elderly Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

Association of Periaortic Fat and Abdominal Visceral Fat with Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Chinese Middle Aged and Elderly Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

Background and Aims: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is usually caused by atherosclerosis, which is associated with general obesity and stronger associations with localized ectopic fat depots have been reported. We measured body ectopic fat distribution in Chinese patients to determine the association...

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Main Authors: Jingqi Zhu, Zhangwei Yang, Xiaolin Li, Xiaoli Chen, Jingjiang Pi, Tao Zhuang, Jie Liu, Gang Li, Sheng Peng, Lin Zhang, Qi Zhang, Paul Chan, Brian Tomlinson, Huimin Fan, Liang Zheng, Zhongmin Liu, Yuzhen Zhang
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Language:EN
Published: Ubiquity Press 2021
Subjects:
body ectopic fat distribution
periaortic fat
visceral fat
atherosclerosis
coronary artery disease
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b4ddbaeef2ab441b8d5552cc217956a3
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