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Adela Brahimaj, EASD 2019: Physiological significance of epicardial fat volume

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Published Online: Oct 2nd 2019

At the European Society for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Adela Brahimaj discusses her recent study on physiological significance of epicardial fat volume.

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1. What is known about the physiological significance of epicardial fat volume? (0:05)
2. Could you tell us a little about the aims and design of your recent study? (0:52)
3. What were the findings of this study? (1:52)
4. Please summarise your current work with Dutch Primary Care data at the department of General Practice of Erasmus MC. (2:34)
5. What can be done to prevent and treat the accumulation of epicardial fat? (3:37)

Adela Brahimaj has no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this video.

Filmed at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Barcelona, Spain 2019.

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