Alternative sites of echocardiographic epicardial fat assessment and coronary artery disease.
João André FerreiraRui MartinsSílvia MonteiroRogério TeixeiraLino GonçalvesPublished in: Journal of ultrasound (2021)
In patients admitted with ACS, echocardiographic EF thickness predicted the presence of CAD, as well as its extent and severity. We found EF thickness measured at the RV basal region to be the best predictor of significant CAD.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- optical coherence tomography
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- acute coronary syndrome
- ejection fraction
- adipose tissue
- aortic stenosis
- fatty acid
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement