Association of epicardial adipose tissue on magnetic resonance imaging with cardiovascular outcomes: Quality over quantity?

Franz DucaKatharina MascherbauerCarolina DonàMatthias KoschutnikChristina BinderChristian NitscheKseniya HalavinaDietrich BeitzkeChristian LoewePhilipp BartkoElisabeth WaldmannJulia MascherbauerChristian HengstenbergAndreas Kammerlander

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2024)

EAT quality (as assessed via CMR T1 times), but not EAT quantity, is independently associated with a composite endpoint of nonfatal myocardial infarction, heart failure hospitalization, and all-cause death.

Keyphrases

heart failure
adipose tissue
magnetic resonance imaging
left ventricular
quality improvement
computed tomography
high fat diet
contrast enhanced
cardiac resynchronization therapy
skeletal muscle
diffusion weighted imaging