Epicardial adipose tissue volume and adipocytokine imbalance are strongly linked to human coronary atherosclerosis.
EATV and macrophage and cytokine/adipocytokine signals in EAT strongly correlated with CAD. Our findings suggest that EATV and adipocytokine imbalance are strongly linked to human coronary atherosclerosis.
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