Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is associated with increased COVID-19 severity and mortality.
Roopa MehtaOmar Yaxmehen Bello-ChavollaLeonardo Mancillas-AdameMarcela Rodriguez-FloresNatalia Ramírez PedrazaBethsabel Rodríguez EncinasCarolina Isabel Pérez CarriónMaría Isabel Jasso ÁvilaJorge Carlos Valladares-GarcíaPablo Esteban Vanegas-CedilloDiana Hernández JuárezArsenio Vargas-VázquezNeftali Eduardo Antonio-VillaMonica Chapa-IbarguengoitiaPaloma Almeda-ValdesDaniel Elias-LopezArturo Galindo-FragaAlfonso Gulias-HerreroAlfredo Ponce de LeonJosé Sifuentes-OsornioCarlos Alberto Aguilar-SalinasPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2022)
EAT is an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19 and mortality independent of obesity. EAT partly mediates the effect of age and BMI and increased cardiac troponins on adverse COVID-19 outcomes.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- weight gain
- risk factors
- weight loss
- high fat diet
- emergency department
- optical coherence tomography
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- physical activity
- adverse drug