ArticleJournal of cardiovascular imaging2018
Epicardial Fat Thickness and Free Fatty Acid Level are Predictors of Acute Ischemic Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Elevated Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Ischemic Stroke Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Association Between Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Stroke.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Association of deep learning-derived epicardial fat volume with target organ damage in subjects with nonobstructive coronary artery disease.Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- 2025 THRS Expert Consensus of Imaging Assessment in Atrial Fibrillation.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2025Article
- Incremental value of the combined brain-cardiac CT protocol on prediction of atrial fibrillation after stroke.European stroke journal · 2023Article
- Adiposity, fat depots and the prediction of stroke.Cardiology journal · 2023Article
- The role of epicardial adipose tissue dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases: an overview of pathophysiology, evaluation, and management.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Epicardial adipose tissue thickness assessed by CT is a marker of atrial fibrillation in stroke patients.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2022Article
- Left atrial epicardial adipose tissue is closely associated with left atrial appendage flow velocity in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Serum Nonesterified Fatty Acids and Incident Stroke: The CHS.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- Predictive value of free fatty acid levels in embolic stroke of undetermined source: A retrospective observational study.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Circular RNA expression profile in blood according to ischemic stroke etiology.Cell & bioscience · 2020Article
- Epicardial Fat Thickness, Free Fatty Acid Can Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncreased epicardial fat is known to be associated with the presence and chronicity of atrial fibrillation (AF). Free fatty acids (FFAs) are major components of epicardial fat; however, their potential association with AF in ischemic stroke has not been investigated. We aimed to assess the performance of echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and plasma FFA level in identifying patients with ischemic stroke and AF.
methodsWe enrolled a total of 214 consecutive patients (mean age, 66.8 ± 12.3 years; 39.7% women) diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke between March 2011 and June 2014. The patients were divided into two groups: ischemic stroke with AF (n = 35, 16.4%) and ischemic stroke without AF (n = 179, 83.6%).
resultsThe ischemic stroke with AF group showed significantly higher serum FFA level (1379.7 ± 717.5 vs. 757.8 ± 520.5 uEq/L,
conclusionsHigh EFT and serum FFA level were associated with ischemic stroke in patients with AF. Echocardiographic EFT and serum FFA level can play a significant role in identifying ischemic stroke with AF.
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