Relationship Between Coronary Atheroma, Epicardial Adipose Tissue Inflammation, and Adipocyte Differentiation Across the Human Myocardial Bridge

Relationship Between Coronary Atheroma, Epicardial Adipose Tissue Inflammation, and Adipocyte Differentiation Across the Human Myocardial Bridge

Background Inflammation in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may contribute to coronary atherosclerosis. Myocardial bridge is a congenital anomaly in which the left anterior descending coronary artery takes a “tunneled” course under a bridge of myocardium: while atherosclerosis develops in the proxima...

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Main Authors: Tracey McLaughlin, Ingela Schnittger, Anna Nagy, Elizabeth Zanley, Yue Xu, Yanqiu Song, Koen Nieman, Jennifer A. Tremmel, Damini Dey, Jack Boyd, Harold Sacks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atherogenesis
atherosclerosis
epicardial fat
inflammation
myocardial bridging
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021003

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