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Epicardial adipose tissue volume predicts long term major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Begüm Uygur, Ömer Çelik, Ali Rıza Demir, Muammer Karakayalı, Çağdaş Arslan, Hafize Otçu Temur, Büşra Çörekçioğlu, Mehmet Ertürk

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi-Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology · 2021 · 28 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

EAT volume is an independent predictor of long-term MACE in patients with T2-DM without previous coronary events. EAT volume may be used additionally in risk stratification for MACE besides the well-known vascular risk factors in patients with T2-DM.