Myocardial Triglyceride Content and Epicardial Fat Mass in Human Obesity: Relationship to Left Ventricular Function and Serum Free Fatty Acid Levels | Zendy

M. Kankaanpää | Zendy; Hanna-Riikka Lehto | Zendy; Jussi P. Pärkkä | Zendy; Markku Komu | Zendy; Antti Viljanen | Zendy; Ele Ferrannini | Zendy; Juhani Knuuti | Zendy; Pirjo Nuutila | Zendy; Riitta Parkkola | Zendy; Patricia Iozzo | Zendy

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Myocardial Triglyceride Content and Epicardial Fat Mass in Human Obesity: Relationship to Left Ventricular Function and Serum Free Fatty Acid Levels

Author(s) -

M. Kankaanpää,

Hanna-Riikka Lehto,

Jussi P. Pärkkä,

Markku Komu,

Antti Viljanen,

Ele Ferrannini,

Juhani Knuuti,

Pirjo Nuutila,

Riitta Parkkola,

Patricia Iozzo

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-0584

Subject(s) - medicine , triglyceride , endocrinology , epicardial fat , obesity , diastole , alanine transaminase , cardiology , adipose tissue , cholesterol , blood pressure

Ectopic fat accumulation within and around the myocardial wall has been implicated in the pathogenesis of heart disease in obesity. We evaluated myocardial and epicardial fat, left ventricular (LV) function, and metabolic risk factors in nine (five lean, four moderately obese) men.

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