Relation of Subepicardial Adipose Tissue to Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1470-1472

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Pellicelli, Adriano M ^c   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Grisorio, Benvenuto ^d   Barbarini, Giorgio ^e   Barbaro, Giuseppe ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34247590944     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.082     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Iacobellis G., Corradi D., and Sharma A.M. Epicardial adipose tissue: anatomical, biomolecular and clinical relation to the heart. Natl Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 2 (2005) 536-543
2. Iacobellis G., Pond C.M., and Sharma A.M. Different "weight" of cardiac and general adiposity in predicting left ventricle morphology. Obesity 14 (2006) 1679-1684
3. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) final report. Circulation 106 (2002) 3143-3421
4. Iacobellis G., Assael F., Ribaudo M.C., Zappaterreno A., Alessi G., Di Mario U., and Leonetti F. Epicardial fat from echocardiography: a new method for visceral adipose tissue prediction. Obes Res 11 (2003) 304-310
5. Iacobellis G., Ribaudo M.C., Zappaterreno A., Iannucci C.V., and Leonetti F. Relation between epicardial adipose tissue and left ventricular mass. Am J Cardiol 94 (2004) 1084-1087
6. Iacobellis G., Ribaudo M.C., Assael F., Zappaterreno A., Di Mario U., and Leonetti F. Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue is related to anthropometric and clinical parameters of metabolic syndrome: a new indicator of cardiovascular risk. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88 (2003) 5163-5168
7. Barbaro G. Metabolic and cardiovascular complications of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection. Curr HIV Res 4 (2006) 79-85
8. Grinspoon S., and Carr A. Cardiovascular risk and body-fat abnormalities in HIV-infected adults. N Engl J Med 352 (2005) 48-62
9. Sutinen J., Korsheninnikova E., Funahashi T., Matsuzawa Y., Nyman T., and Yki-Jarvinen H. Circulating concentration of adiponectin and its expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy-associated lipodystrophy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88 (2003) 1907-1910
10. Jerico C., Knobel H., Calvo N., Sorli M.L., Guelar A., Gimeno-Bayon J.L., Saballs P., Lopez-Colomes J.L., and Pedro-Botet J. Subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients: role of combination antiretroviral therapy. Stroke 37 (2006) 812-817
11. van Wijk J.P., de Koning E.J., Cabezas M.C., Joven J., op't Roodt J., Rabelink T.J., and Hoepelman A.M. Functional and structural markers of atherosclerosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 47 (2006) 1117-1123
12. Hsue P.Y., Lo J.C., and Franklin A. Progression of atherosclerosis as assessed by carotid intima-media thickness in patients with HIV infection. Circulation 109 (2004) 1603-1608
13. Iacobellis G., and Leonetti F. Epicardial adipose tissue and insulin resistance in obese subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90 (2005) 6300-6302
14. Iacobellis G., Singh N., Leonetti F., and Sharma A.M. Relationship of epicardial adipose tissue with atrial dimensions and diastolic function in morbidly obese subjects. Int J Cardiol 115 (2007) 272-273
15. Iacobellis G., Pistilli D., Gucciardo M., Leonetti F., Mirali F., Brancaccio G., Gallo P., and di Gioia C.R. Adiponectin expression in human epicardial adipose tissue in vivo is lower in patients with coronary artery disease. Cytokine 29 (2005) 251-255
16. Mazurek T., Zhang L., and Zalewski A. Human epicardial adipose tissue is a source of inflammatory mediators. Circulation 108 (2003) 2460-2466
17. Baker A.R., Silva N.F., Quinn D.W., Harte A.L., Pagano D., Bonser R.S., Kumar S., and McTernan P.G. Human epicardial adipose tissue expresses a pathogenic profile of adipocytokines in patients with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovasc Diabetol 5 (2006) 1-7
18. Chaldakov G.N., Fiore M., Stankulov I.S., Manni L., Hristova M.G., Antonelli A., Ghenev P.I., and Aloe L. Neurotrophin presence in human coronary atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome: a role for NGF and BDNF in cardiovascular disease?. Prog Brain Res 146 (2004) 279-289
19. Kremen J., Dolinkova M., and Krajickova J. Increased subcutaneous and epicardial adipose tissue production of proinflammatory cytokines in cardiac surgery patients: possible role in postoperative insulin resistance. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91 (2006) 4620-4627
20. Chaowalit N., Somers V., Pellikka P.A., Rihal C.S., and Lopez-Jimenez F. Subepicardial adipose tissue and the prevalence and severity of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 186 (2006) 354-359