Pericardial Fat and Cardiomyopathy

Pericardial Fat and Cardiomyopathy - American College of Cardiology

Every 10 cm 3 increase in PFV was associated with an 8% increase in the risk of hospitalization for incident worsening HF.

Pericardial Fat and the Risk of Heart Failure - PubMed

In this large, community-based, ethnically diverse, prospective cohort study, pericardial fat was associated with an increased risk of HF, ...

Pericardial Fat and the Risk of Heart Failure - PMC - PubMed Central

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for heart failure (HF). However, implications of pericardial fat on incident HF is unclear.

Excess Pericardial Fat Is Related to Adverse Cardio-Mechanical ...

Excess pericardial fat is related to adverse cardio-mechanical interaction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Fat Around the Heart Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure

Having excess pericardial fat—fat around the heart—increases the risk of developing heart failure, especially in women, according to new Mount ...

Pericardial fat and its influence on cardiac diastolic function

Pericardial fat (PF) has been suggested to directly act on cardiomyocytes, leading to diastolic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to ...

Association of Pericardial Fat with Cardiac Structure, Function, and ...

Pericardial fat volume was independently associated with subclinical atrial and right ventricular dysfunction and reduced 6MWD.

Pericardial Fat and the Risk of Heart Failure - JACC Journals

Pericardial fat was associated with an increased risk of HF, particularly HF with preserved ejection fraction, in women and men.

Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heart Failure, Friend or Foe?

A close association between EAT and heart failure (HF) has been suggested because of its anatomical proximity to the heart.

Pericardial Fat Is Associated With Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation

We tested the hypothesis that pericardial fat, a unique fat deposit in close anatomic proximity to cardiac structures and autonomic fibers, is ...

The association of pericardial fat with incident coronary heart disease

Pericardial fat predicts incident coronary heart disease independent of conventional risk factors, including body mass index.

Epicardial adipose tissue in contemporary cardiology - Nature

This Review provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the role of EAT in cardiovascular disease and highlights the translational nature of EAT ...

Pericardial Fat and Echocardiographic Measures of Cardiac ...

In this study, segmentation of PAT was achieved by isolating the PAT and heart from the thorax using specific anatomic landmarks. Pericardium ...

Epicardial Fat in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Epicardial fat has been associated with abnormal haemodynamics in HFpEF, with potential for direct mechanical effects on the heart causing ...

Epicardial Fat in the Maintenance of Cardiovascular Health

Many clinical studies have shown significant associations between increased amounts of epicardial fat and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Association of pericardial fat, intrathoracic fat, and visceral ...

Pericardial fat and VAT, but not intrathoracic fat, are associated with CVD independent of traditional measures of obesity but not after further adjustment for ...

Pericardial fat is strongly associated with atrial fibrillation after ...

Adipose tissue surrounding the heart, within the pericardial sac, is called epicardial or pericardial fat and given its direct apposition to ...

Myocardial, Perivascular, and Epicardial Fat | Diabetes Care

The epicardial fat layer originates embryologically from mesothelial cells migrating from the septum transversum and hence obtains its vascular ...

An Overview of the Mechanism behind Excessive Volume of ...

The heart is predominantly surrounded by pericardial fat (PCF), including epicardial adipose ... cardiomyopathy, and obesity cardiomyopathy ...

The role of pericardial fat: The good, the bad and the ugly

This fat tissue covers the surface of the heart and surrounds adventitia of coronary arteries, and the close relationship between the volume of ...