Epicardial adipose tissue has an increased thickness and is a source of inflammatory mediators in patients with calcific aortic stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-169

  Parisi, Valentina ^a   Rengo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Pagano, Gennaro ^a   D'Esposito, Vittoria ^a   Passaretti, Federica ^a   Caruso, Aurelio ^c   Grimaldi, Maria Gabriella ^c   Lonobile, Tommaso ^c   Baldascino, Francesco ^c   De Bellis, Antonio ^c   Formisano, Pietro ^a   Ferrara, Nicola ^a   Leosco, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura San Michele   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Cytokines; Epicardial adipose tissue; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYTOKINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EOTAXIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CYTOKINES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84929176457     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.201     Document Type: Article

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