Assessment of Intramyocardial Fat Content Using Computed Tomography: Is There a Relationship With Obesity?

Conclusions: Although CT is a theoretically appealing modality to assess fat content of the myocardium, we did not find a relationship between myocardial CT attenuation and obesity, or other cardiovascular risk factors. These findings suggest that the degree of myocardial fat accumulation in obesity or metabolic syndrome is too small to be detected with this modality.
Source: Journal of Thoracic Imaging - Category: Radiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research