The Associations between Various Ectopic Visceral Adiposity and Body Surface Electrocardiographic Alterations: Potential Differences between Local and Remote Systemic Effects

Po-Ching Chi; Shun-Chuan Chang; Chun-Ho Yun; Jen-Yuan Kuo; Chung-Lieh Hung; Charles Jia-Yin Hou; Chia-Yuan Liu; Fei-Shih Yang; Tung-Hsin Wu; Hiram G. Bezerra; Hung-I Yeh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158300

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The Associations between Various Ectopic Visceral Adiposity and Body Surface Electrocardiographic Alterations: Potential Differences between Local and Remote Systemic Effects

Po-Ching Chi,

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Shun-Chuan Chang,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Chun-Ho Yun,

Affiliations Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Jen-Yuan Kuo,

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Chung-Lieh Hung ,

* E-mail: jotaro3791@gmail.com (CLH); yehmmc@mmc.edu.tw (HIY)

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Charles Jia-Yin Hou,

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chia-Yuan Liu,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Fei-Shih Yang,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tung-Hsin Wu,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hiram G. Bezerra,

Affiliation Cardiovascular MRI and CT Program, Baptist Cardiac Vascular Institute, Miami, United States of America
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Hung-I Yeh

* E-mail: jotaro3791@gmail.com (CLH); yehmmc@mmc.edu.tw (HIY)

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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The Associations between Various Ectopic Visceral Adiposity and Body Surface Electrocardiographic Alterations: Potential Differences between Local and Remote Systemic Effects

Po-Ching Chi,
Shun-Chuan Chang,
Chun-Ho Yun,
Jen-Yuan Kuo,
Chung-Lieh Hung,
Charles Jia-Yin Hou,
Chia-Yuan Liu,
Fei-Shih Yang,
Tung-Hsin Wu,
Hiram G. Bezerra

Published: July 8, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158300

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