Pericoronary adipose tissue density is increased in patients with recent spontaneous coronary dissection.

Rafał R WolnyJacek KwiecińskiJoanna ZalewskaIlona MichałowskaMariusz KrukCezary KepkaAleksander PrejbiszJerzy PręgowskiAlicja ChwałaJarosław SkowrońskiAgata KobierskaRadosław CiesielskiAndrzej JanuszewiczAdam WitkowskiDavid Adlam Damini DeyJacek Kądziela

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2023)

Patients with recent SCAD have higher PCAT compared with patients without SCAD, suggesting an increased perivascular inflammatory activity. This association is not restricted to the dissected vessel.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
end stage renal disease
coronary artery disease
ejection fraction
coronary artery
newly diagnosed
insulin resistance
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
high fat diet
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes
skeletal muscle