Persistent epicardial adipose tissue accumulation is associated with coronary plaque vulnerability and future acute coronary syndrome in non-obese subjects with coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 353-360

  Nakanishi, Koki ^a   Fukuda, Shota ^b   Tanaka, Atsushi ^c   Otsuka, Kenichiro ^a   Jissho, Satoshi ^b   Taguchi, Haruyuki ^b   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^d   Shimada, Kenei ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Social Insualance Kinan Hospital   (Japan)

^d Nishinomiya Watanabe Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Epicardial adipose tissue; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; HEART; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908663590     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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