Epicardial Adipose Tissue (EAT) Thickness Is Associated with Cardiovascular and Liver Damage in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Anna Ludovica FracanzaniGiuseppina PisanoDario ConsonniSilvia TiraboschiAndrea BaragettiCristina BertelliGiuseppe Danilo NorataPaola DongiovanniLuca ValentiLiliana GrigoreTatiana TonellaAlberico CatapanoSilvia Fargion

Published in: PloS one (2016)

In patients with NAFLD, EAT is associated with the severity of liver and vascular damage besides with the known metabolic risk factors.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
risk factors
oxidative stress
insulin resistance
optical coherence tomography