Increased Visceral Adipose Tissue as a Potential Risk Factor in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)

Antti T. Muuronen; Mikko Taina; Marja Hedman; Jarkko Marttila; Johanna Kuusisto; Juha Onatsu; Ritva Vanninen; Pekka Jäkälä; Petri Sipola; Pirjo Mustonen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120598

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Increased Visceral Adipose Tissue as a Potential Risk Factor in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)

Antti T. Muuronen ,

* E-mail: Antti.Muuronen@kuh.fi

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland
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Mikko Taina,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland
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Marja Hedman,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Heart Center, Kuopio, Finland
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Jarkko Marttila,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland
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Johanna Kuusisto,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
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Juha Onatsu,

Affiliation Kuopio University Hospital, Neuro Center, Kuopio, Finland
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Ritva Vanninen,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Unit of Radiology, Kuopio, Finland
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Pekka Jäkälä,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Neuro Center, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Unit of Neurology, Kuopio, Finland
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Petri Sipola,

Affiliations Kuopio University Hospital, Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Radiology, Kuopio, Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Unit of Radiology, Kuopio, Finland
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Pirjo Mustonen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Keski-Suomi Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Increased Visceral Adipose Tissue as a Potential Risk Factor in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)

Antti T. Muuronen,
Mikko Taina,
Marja Hedman,
Jarkko Marttila,
Johanna Kuusisto,
Juha Onatsu,
Ritva Vanninen,
Pekka Jäkälä,
Petri Sipola,
Pirjo Mustonen

Published: March 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120598

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