Subcutaneous fat thickness, but not epicardial fat thickness, parallels weight reduction three months after bariatric surgery: a cardiac magnetic resonance study.

Int J Cardiol

Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Published: October 2013


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