CT-derived Epicardial Adipose Tissue Inflammation Predicts Outcome in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Babak SalamBaravan Al-KassouLeonie WeinholdAlois M SprinkartSebastian NowakMaike TheisMatthias SchmidMuntadher Al ZaidiMarcel WeberClaus C PieperDaniel KuettingJasmin ShamekhiGeorg NickenigUlrike AttenbergerSebastian ZimmerJulian A LuetkensPublished in: Journal of thoracic imaging (2024)
EAT density as a surrogate marker of EAT inflammation was associated with 2-year mortality after TAVR and may improve outcome prediction independent of established risk parameters.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- adipose tissue
- oxidative stress
- patients undergoing
- computed tomography
- insulin resistance
- contrast enhanced
- high fat diet
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- dual energy
- left ventricular
- image quality