Association Between the Presence or Severity of Coronary Artery Disease and Pericardial Fat, Paracardial Fat, Epicardial Fat, Visceral Fat, and Subcutaneous Fat as Assessed by Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography.

In conclusion, paracardial fat index may be a marker for evaluating the presence or severity of CAD. PMID: 29877298 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29877298?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Heart Journal - June 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Heart J Source Type: research