Integrating epicardial fat and heart rate recovery in adults with metabolic risk factors.

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Conflict of interest: G.S. is an associate editor of EJPC; the article was assigned to another editor to assume responsibility for overseeing peer review. This submission was subject to the exact same review process as any other manuscript submitted to the journal.

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