Increased Epicardial Fat Volume Is Independently Associated with the Presence and Severity of Systemic Sclerosis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1473-1481

  Long, Benjamin D ^a   Stojanovska, Jadranka ^b   Brown, Richard K J ^b   Attili, Anil K ^b   Jackson, Eizabeth A ^c   Ognenovski, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicardial adipose tissue; Epicardial fat volume; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; Multidetector computed tomography; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL FAT; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VOLUME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028331593     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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