Increased visceral adipose tissue as a potential risk factor in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS)

The etiology of an ischemic stroke remains undetermined in 20-35% of cases and many patients do not have any of the conventional risk factors. Increased visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a suggested new risk factor for both carotid artery atherosclerosis (CAA) and atrial fibrillation (AF), but its ro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-03, Vol.10 (3), p.e0120598-e0120598
Hauptverfasser:	Muuronen, Antti T, Taina, Mikko, Hedman, Marja, Marttila, Jarkko, Kuusisto, Johanna, Onatsu, Juha, Vanninen, Ritva, Jäkälä, Pekka, Sipola, Petri, Mustonen, Pirjo
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adipose tissue Adult Aged Angiography Arteriosclerosis Atherosclerosis Blood cholesterol Body fat Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Brain Ischemia - etiology Brain Ischemia - pathology Cardiac arrhythmia Carotid artery Case-Control Studies Cholesterol Clinical medicine Computed tomography Development and progression Diabetes mellitus Disease Embolism - etiology Embolism - pathology Embolisms Ethnicity Etiology Female Fibrillation Gene expression Health risks High density lipoprotein Hispanic people Hospitals Humans Hypertension Insulin resistance Intra-Abdominal Fat - pathology Ischemia Low density lipoprotein Male Medical imaging Medicine Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - pathology Pathogenesis Patients Physiological aspects Population Populations Risk analysis Risk Factors Smoking Stroke Stroke - etiology Stroke - pathology Thromboembolism Tomography Veins & arteries
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