Epicardial Fat Volume Is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction, but not with Coronary Calcification: From the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).
Karina Paula Medeiros Prado MartinsSandhi M BarretoDaniel BosJesiana Ferreira PedrosaDouglas R M AzevedoLarissa Fortunato AraújoMurilo FoppaBruce B DuncanAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroLuisa Campos Caldeira BrantPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
Higher EFV was associated with impaired endothelial function, but not with CAC. The results suggest that EFV is related to the development of CAD through a pathway different from the CAC pathway, possibly through aggravation of endothelial dysfunction and microvascular disease.