title: The relationship between coronary artery disease and pericoronary epicardial adipose tissue thickness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A retrospective study to investigate the relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness (EATT) and presence of coronary artery plaque, coronary artery disease (CAD) and CAD risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography images were reviewed. Left anterior decending artery, right coronary artery and left circumflex artery pericoronary EATT were measured. Demographic, clinical and CAD risk factor data were obtained from medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with CAD (n = 49) had significantly larger mean EATT than those without CAD (n = 101). Pericoronary EATT was significantly correlated with body mass index, total cholesterol level, coronary artery calcium score, hypertension and diabetes mellitus history.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an association between pericoronary EATT and CAD, as well as CAD risk factors. Pericoronary EATT measurement may become a widely used, easy-to-perform method for determining CAD risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fırat University, Elazig, Turkey aysemmurat@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ayşe Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fırat University, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alperen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kayalı
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fırat University, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Kurşad
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Poyraz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydın
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Coronary artery disease; epicardial adipose tissue; multidetector computed tomography