Pericardial fat and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hanna K Al-MakhamrehAhmad A ToubasiLayla M Al-HarasisFarah H AlbustanjiThuraya N Al-SayeghSarah M Al-HarasisPublished in: Journal of evidence-based medicine (2023)
The analysis demonstrated that the relationship between pericardial fat volume and cardiovascular diseases was significant. Since pericardial fat is a good predictor of obesity, it suggests investigating its relationship and adds on effect to previously established risk factor to evaluate the possibility of incorporating it with cardiovascular risk scores.