ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2017
Ethnic differences in coronary plaque and epicardial fat volume quantified using computed tomography.
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- Cardiometabolic predictors of high-risk CCTA phenotype in a diverse patient population.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2023Article
- Epicardial fat volume, an independent risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events, had an incremental prognostic value to myocardial perfusion imaging in Chinese populations with suspected or known coronary artery disease with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Epicardial adipose tissue volume and coronary calcification among people living with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Observational
- Quantified coronary plaque characteristics between Caucasian and Morise score-matched South Asian populations.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2020Article
- Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Clinical Biomarker of Cardio-Metabolic Risk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Refining the role of epicardial adipose tissue in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Hepatology international · 2019Article
- MRI-based assessment and characterization of epicardial and paracardial fat depots in the context of impaired glucose metabolism and subclinical left-ventricular alterations.The British journal of radiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies observed a higher prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in South Asians when compared to Caucasians, but quantitative computed tomography differences in aggregate plaque volume (APV) and epicardial fat volume (EFV) between South Asians, Southeast or East Asians (SEEAs) and Caucasians remain unknown. We aimed to compare APV and EFV quantified on computed-tomographic-coronary-angiography (CTCA) between South Asian, SEEA and Caucasian populations residing in Australia. Age, gender and body-mass-index matched subjects from three ethnic groups who underwent clinically indicated 320-detector CTCA were retrospectively analysed. Percentage APV in the first 5 cm of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and EFV were quantified using dedicated software (Vital Images, USA). One-hundred-and-fifty subjects (average age = 57.7 years, 56 % male, n = 50 in each ethnic group) were analysed. Mean LAD percentage APV was highest in South Asians (44.5 ± 8.4 % vs. 37.5 ± 6.5 % in SEEAs and 39.5 ± 6.4 % in Caucasians, P = 0.00001). South Asian ethnicity predicted LAD APV above traditional risk factors on multivariate analysis (P = 0.000002). EFV was significantly higher in both South Asians (103.2 ± 41.7 cm
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