Epicardial adipose tissue, aortic stiffness and myocardial fibrosis in healthy individuals: a quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance study
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Background Epicardial adipose tissue, aortic stiffness and myocardial fibrosis have been linked to cardiovascular risk and disease; however, often different modalities are used for their measurement. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) may be used to determine these parameters in a single examination by the measurement of epicardial fat volumes (EFV), aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) as a parameter of aortic stiffness, and T1-relaxation time (T1) as a marker for myocardial fibrosis. This quantitative CMR-study was performed to identify relationships between these parameters in healthy individuals and to correlate them with age, body mass index (BMI) and gender.
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