Relation between epicardial adipose tissue and left ventricular mass.
Visceral adiposity is a cardiovascular risk factor of growing interest. This study sought to evaluate the hypothesis of a relation between epicardial adipose tissue, the visceral adipose tissue deposited around the heart, and left ventricular morphology in healthy subjects with a wide range of adiposity. We found for the first time that an increase in epicardial fat is significantly related to an increase in left ventricular mass.
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. gianluca.iaco@tin.it
Gianluca
G
Iacobellis
Maria Cristina
MC
Ribaudo
Alessandra
A
Zappaterreno
Concetta Valeria
CV
Iannucci
Frida
F
Leonetti
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography