From the epicardial adipose tissue to vulnerable coronary plaques

Epicardial Adipose Tissue Reflects the Presence of Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison with Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue

Accumulation of visceral adipose tissue is associated with a risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to examine whether different types of adipose tissue depot may play differential roles in the progression of CAD. Consecutive 174 patients who underwent both computed tomography (CT) and echocardiography were analyzed. Cardiac and abdominal CT scans were performed to mea...

Can epicardial adipose tissue predict coronary artery plaque?

Factors Related to Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness

Dear Editor, We read the article by Akyüz et al. [1] with great interest. In their study, the authors concluded that the amount of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) was higher in subjects with xanthelasma than in subjects without. We appreciate their investigation concerning the relationship between xanthelasma and EAT thickness. However, a number of well-known factors may independently affect EA...

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Rat Epicardial Versus Epididymal Adipose Tissue

Objective(s) Some investigation has indicated that adipose-derived stem cells possess different surface epitopes and differentiation potential according to the localization of fat pad from which the cells were derived. In the present study proliferation capacity and aging of such cells were explored. Materials and Methods Adherent cells were isolated from the collagenase digests of adipose tiss...

Vulnerable plaques: from PROSPECT to prospects….

c a c k p n p n c T s t W d o s a f l f odern cardiology can definitely pride itself for developing techniques designed to restore blood flow in coronary arteries with tight lesions that ause myocardial ischemia or in the aftermath of n acute myocardial infarction (MI). However, espite the advances in diagnosis and intervenion, a substantial number of patients continue to uffer acute adverse ev...