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Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Heart Failure Phenotypes - A Meta-Analysis.
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia - 1 Mar 2022
Correia Eduardo Thadeu de Oliveira, Barbetta Letícia Mara Dos Santos, Costa Orlando Santos da, Miranda Pedro El Hadj de, Mesquita Evandro Tinoco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is increased in comorbidities common in heart failure (HF). In this sense, EAT could potentially mediate effects that lead to an impaired cardiac function. OBJECTIVES: This meta-analysis aims to investigate if the amount of EAT in all-types of HF and each HF phenotype is significantly different from control patients. METHODS: This meta-analysis followed the...
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