Quantification of Cardiac Adipose Tissue in Failing and Nonfailing Human Myocardium

Quantification of Cardiac Adipose Tissue in Failing and Nonfailing Human Myocardium

Background Because body mass index (BMI) is generally used clinically to define obesity and to estimate body adiposity, BMI likely is positively correlated with epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) level. Based on echocardiography, previous outcomes on this matter have varied from almost absent to rather...

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Main Authors: Kyra K. Peczkowski, Mohammed A. Mashali, Nancy S. Saad, Austin Hare, Courtney M. Campbell, Bryan A. Whitson, Nahush A. Mokadam, Paul M. L. Janssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
BMI
cardiomyopathy
heart failure
obesity
pathogenesis
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.025405

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