Abdominal visceral adipose tissue is associated with unsuspected pulmonary embolism on routine CT scans in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.

CONCLUSION: Higher VAT rather than SAT is associated with an increased risk of unsuspected pulmonary embolism on routine CT scans in hospitalized gastrointestinal cancer patients.
ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Our findings indicate that VAT is a stronger risk factor for unsuspected pulmonary embolism than BMI and SAT in hospitalized patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
PMID: 31595778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Radiology - October 8, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Xiao X, Wang Y, Gao Y, Xie Q, Zhou X, Lin L, Dekkers IA, Lamb HJ Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research