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.
Iacobellis
Gianluca
G
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. gianluca.iaco@tin.it
Ribaudo
Maria Cristina
MC
Zappaterreno
Alessandra
A
Iannucci
Concetta Valeria
CV
Leonetti
Frida
F
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