title: Quantitative measurement of normal and excessive (cor adiposum) subepicardial adipose tissue, its clinical significance, and its effect on electrocardiographic QRS voltage.
abstract: In summary, adipose tissue in the heart may constitute up to 50% of the cardiac weight. The greater amounts of cardiac adipose tissue are associated with lower total 12-lead QRS voltages.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shirani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berezowski
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*