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Grasa pericárdica, grasa intratorácica y medidas de la estructura y función del ventrículo izquierdo: el Estudio del

Caroline S Fox1, Philimon Gona, Udo Hoffmann

  • 1National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA 01702, USA. foxca@nhlbi.nih.gov

Circulation
|March 18, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

La grasa pericárdica se correlaciona con la estructura cardíaca, pero sus efectos no son independientes de la obesidad general o la grasa visceral. El impacto sistémico de la obesidad en el corazón parece ser más significativo que la grasa pericárdica localizada.

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