ReviewFrontiers in aging2021
Aging Effects on Epicardial Adipose Tissue.
Review in Frontiers in aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the impact of metabolic comorbidities on epicardial adipose tissue in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Trial
- Left atrial epicardial adipose tissue volume quantification by CMR aids identification of patients at low risk for left atrial cardiomyopathy.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- Myocardiocyte senescence in ischemic heart disease and breathome changes.World journal of experimental medicine · 2026Review
- Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume and Left Atrial Remodeling: A J-Shaped Association in Older Adults.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Heart matters: How glucose- and lipid-modulating drugs remodel epicardial adipose tissue accumulation, inflammatory patterns and browning.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Review
- Epicardial cell activation as a paradigm shift in cardiac repair and regeneration.Stem cells translational medicine · 2026Review
- Epicardial Fat Thickness as a Marker of Coronary Artery Disease Severity and Ischemic Burden: A Prospective Echocardiographic Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Inflammatory Reactions Within the Epicardial Adipose Tissue Are Associated with the Expression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Aortic Stenosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Aging: Current Insights and Therapeutic Advances.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Epicardial adipose tissue as a metabolically active visceral fat depot: an emerging target in cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Association between perirenal fat tissue thickness and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2026Article
- Epicardial Adipocytes in Cardiac Pathology and Healing.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2025Review
- Heart-guarding or heart-harming? The dual role of epicardial adipose tissue in cardiovascular health and disease.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Review
- Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions in Diabetes Mellitus: Effects on Epicardial Adipose Tissue.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Association Between Left Atrial Epicardial Adipose Tissue Attenuation Assessed by Cardiac Computed Tomography and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Following Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Perinatal Exposure to Lead or Diethylhexyl Phthalate in Mice: Sex-Specific Effects on Cardiac DNA Methylation and Gene Expression across Time.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- Epicardial Adipose Tissue as an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Chest · 2025Article
- Epicardial fat thickness is increased in menopausal patients in comparison with premenopausal patients with similar excess weight: a cross-sectional study.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and association with coronary artery calcifications in Slovenia.Radiology and oncology · 2025Article
- Epicardial Fat Tissue: A Potential Marker for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
Epicardial fat is the visceral fat of the heart. Epicardial fat is a white adipose tissue, but it displays also brown-fat like or beige fat features. Under physiological conditions, epicardial fat has cardioprotective functions such as free fatty acids supply and thermoregulation of the adjacent myocardium. Epicardial adipose tissue encounters changes in the transition from embryological to childhood and then to adult life. Aging can affect the function and morphology of epicardial fat, more likely in women than in men. The effect of aging on the brown fat properties of the epicardial fat is the most prominent and with the greatest clinical implications. It is promising to know that epicardial fat responds to newer pharmaceutical drugs modulating the adipose tissue and potentially restoring its browning effects. Epicardial fat pro-inflammatory secretome is down-regulated in end-stage coronary artery disease. Chronic ischemia and adverse hemodynamic conditions can also affect the regulatory component of the epicardial fat. Epicardial fat may incur in apoptotic and fibrotic changes that alter its transcriptome and proteasome. In conclusion, aging and advanced stage of chronic diseases are likely to influence and affect epicardial fat genes and function
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