Open-bore MRI Scanner Assessment of Epicardial Adipose Tissue after Bariatric Surgery: A Pilot Study.
Carmela AsteriaFrancesco SecchiLelio MorriconeAlexis Elias MalavazosSimona FrancesconiValentina MilaniAlessandro GiovanelliPublished in: Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets (2024)
These findings suggest that EAT reduction may be a fundamental element for improving the cardio-metabolic prognosis of bariatric patients. Moreover, this is the first study performed with an open-bore MRI scanner to measure EAT volume.
Keyphrases
- adipose tissue
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- diffusion weighted imaging
- prognostic factors
- high fat diet
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- roux en y gastric bypass
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- gastric bypass
- obese patients