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ArticleIrish journal of medical science2021

Thickness of epicardial and pericoronary adipose tissue measured using 128-slice MSCT as predictors for risk of significant coronary artery diseases.

Paweł Gać, Piotr Macek, Małgorzata Poręba, Olga Kornafel-Flak, Grzegorz Mazur, Rafał Poręba

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Paweł GaćCentre for Diagnostic Imaging, 4th Military Hospital, Weigla 5, 50-981, Wroclaw, PL, Poland. pawelgac@interia.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8366-0239
Piotr MacekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556, Wrocław, PL, Poland.
Małgorzata PorębaDepartment of Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, 50-368, Wroclaw, PL, Poland.
Olga Kornafel-FlakCentre for Diagnostic Imaging, 4th Military Hospital, Weigla 5, 50-981, Wroclaw, PL, Poland.
Grzegorz MazurDepartment of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556, Wrocław, PL, Poland.
Rafał PorębaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556, Wrocław, PL, Poland.

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aimDetermination the relationship between the epicardial adipose tissue thickness (EATT) and pericoronary adipose tissue thickness (PATT) and the risk of significant coronary artery diseases (CAD) using the coronary artery calcium score (CACS). MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study group consisted of 80 patients. The risk of significant CAD was estimated based on CACS. Adipose tissue thickness was measured based on multiplanar reformation (MPR), left ventricle short axis and mid-chamber level. EATT in the middle of the length of the right ventricular free wall, PATT around the left anterior descending (LAD), around the left circumflex (LCX) and around the right coronary artery in the posterior interventricular sulcus (RCA).

resultsThe median (IQR) values of CACS and EATT were 12.00 (97.90) and 8.65 (3.90) mm. It was found that in the subgroup CACS = 0 statistically significantly lower than in the subgroup CACS > 0 were mean values EATT and PATT RCA. Based on the regression analysis, it was demonstrated that higher CACS is associated with higher EATT, independent of older age and higher BMI. On the basis the ROC curve analysis, the highest prediction sensitivity of 98.4% was demonstrated for EATT ≥ 16.7 mm as a predictor of high risk of significant CAD and the highest specificity of 61.5% for the criterion EATT ≤ 8.7 mm as a predictor of practically no risk of significant CAD.

conclusionThere is a positive relationship between the risk of a significant CAD estimated based on the coronary artery calcium score and the epicardial adipose tissue thickness.

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Adipose TissueCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPericardiumRisk FactorsCoronary artery calcium scoreCoronary artery diseaseEpicardial adipose tissue thicknessPericoronary adipose tissue thickness

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