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Fig. 3 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Fig. 3

From: Cardiac remodeling and dysfunction in childhood obesity: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Fig. 3

Obese children have more epicardial and abdominal adiposity. The top row shows images from a healthy weight (70th percentile) 12 year-old male and the bottom row shows images from an obese (98th percentile) 12 year-old male. Panels a and b show epicardial adipose tissue on a representative short-axis view of the heart. Panels c and d have arrows indicating the subcutaneous and visceral layers of adipose tissue from a transverse view of the L4/L5 disc

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