Surrogate Measurements to Simplify Regional Epicardial Adipose Tissue (EAT) Analysis

Introduction: Evidence is increasing that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is associated with coronary atherosclerosis and arrhythmias. Importantly, it appears that influence is greatest from the volume of localised EAT. However EAT analysis requires either semi-automated derived total EAT volume only or very time-consuming manual segmentation around particular structures of interest. We sought to determine whether simple axial linear measurements correlate with manually segmented regional EAT volumes or whether the dispersal of EAT is too variable between individuals.

Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - June 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: S. Binny, S. Joshi, E. Lui, C. Nalliah, J. Bui, J. Kalman Tags: 322 Source Type: research