Non-contrast cardiac CT-based quantitative evaluation of epicardial and intra-thoracic fat in healthy, recently menopausal women: Reproducibility data from the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study

Cardiac fat is emerging as an important parameter for cardiovascular risk stratification. Accurate and reproducible volumetric measurements can facilitate in the serial assessment of cardiac fat by computed tomography (CT). We assessed the intra- and inter-observer variability of cardiac fat volumetric measurements using a semi-automated CT software.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - May 3, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Eranthi Jayawardena, Dong Li, Rine Nakanishi, Damini Dey, Christopher Dailing, Assad Qureshi, Brooke Dickens, Nicolai Hathiramani, Michael Kim, Ferdinand Flores, Ann E. Kearns, Li-Yung Lui, Dennis Black, Matthew J. Budoff Source Type: research