Relation of epicardial fat thickness to the severity of heart failure in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Tabakci, Mehmet Mustafa; Durmus, Halil Ibrahim; Avci, Anil; Toprak, Cuneyt; Demir, Serdar; Arslantas, Ugur; Cersit, Sinan; Fidan, Serdar; Kulahçioglu, Seyhmus; Batgerel, Ulaankhuu; Kargin, Ramazan

Tabakci, Mehmet Mustafa; Durmus, Halil Ibrahim; Avci, Anil; Toprak, Cuneyt; Demir, Serdar; Arslantas, Ugur; Cersit, Sinan; Fidan, Serdar; Kulahçioglu, Seyhmus; Batgerel, Ulaankhuu; Kargin, Ramazan.

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Tabakci MM; Cardiology Department, Kartal Kosuyolu Cardiovascular Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Echocardiography ; 32(5): 740-8, 2015 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25418427

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Adipose Tissue/diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure/diagnostic imaging; Pericardium/diagnostic imaging; Body Mass Index; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/blood; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/complications; Female; Heart Failure/blood; Heart Failure/complications; Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Ultrasonography

Key words

dilated cardiomyopathy; echocardiography; ejection fraction; heart failure

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pericardium / Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Adipose Tissue / Heart Failure Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Echocardiography Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA / DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Turkey

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