Does quantifying epicardial and intrathoracic fat with noncontrast computed tomography improve risk stratification beyond calcium scoring alone?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-66

  Forouzandeh, Farshad ^b   Chang, Su Min ^a   Muhyieddeen, Kamil ^b   Zaid, Rashid R ^b   Trevino, Alejandro R ^b   Xu, Jiaqiong ^a   Nabi, Faisal ^a   Mahmarian, John J ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomography; Epicardial fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRATHORACIC FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC CAVITY; UNITED STATES;

CALCIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC CAVITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874527712     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.976316     Document Type: Article

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