Levels of Dioxin-like PCB Congeners in Adipose Tissue of Turkish Men

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First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetes Center, Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital; Thessaloniki-Greece.. 1 Department

PVAT becomes dysfunctional in obesity, resulting in an in- creased production of pro-inflammatory factors and cytokines targeting the vascular wall, inducing endothelial

We would like to thank the authors for their comments on our article entitled "An increase in epicardial adipose tissue is strong- ly associated with carotid intima-media

Consequently, beyond classical cardiovascular risk factors, a causative link between the epicardial adipose tissue and atrial fibrillation has also been suggested because of

Low EAT thick- ness and high levels of APN may be related to the protective effect of bilirubin on atherosclerotic heart diseases in GS patients.. Conflict of interest: