Local and systemic effects of the multifaceted epicardial adipose tissue depot

G Iacobellis - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2015 - nature.com
Epicardial adipose tissue is a unique and multifaceted fat depot with local and systemic
effects. This tissue is distinguished from other visceral fat depots by a number of anatomical …

Epicardial adipose tissue: clinical biomarker of cardio-metabolic risk

AC Villasante Fricke, G Iacobellis - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is part of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) that surrounds
the heart and it is a quantifiable, modifiable, and multifaceted tissue that has both local and …

Hemodynamic and functional impact of epicardial adipose tissue in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

KE Koepp, M Obokata, YNV Reddy, TP Olson… - Heart Failure, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study determined the impact of excess epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in
patients with the obese phenotype of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) …

Role of epicardial adipose tissue in cardiovascular diseases: a review

M Konwerski, A Gąsecka, G Opolski, M Grabowski… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of death
worldwide. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is one of the most important risk factors for …

Epicardial adipose tissue: emerging physiological, pathophysiological and clinical features

G Iacobellis, AC Bianco - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2011 - cell.com
Epicardial adipose tissue is an unusual visceral fat depot with anatomical and functional
contiguity to the myocardium and coronary arteries. Under physiological conditions …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a new and important cardiovascular risk factor?

LS Bhatia, NP Curzen, PC Calder… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects up to a third of the population worldwide
and may confer increased cardiometabolic risk with consequent adverse cardiovascular …

Epicardial adipose tissue as a metabolic transducer: role in heart failure and coronary artery disease

VB Patel, S Shah, S Verma, GY Oudit - Heart failure reviews, 2017 - Springer
Obesity and diabetes are strongly associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disorders
including dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and heart failure. Adipose …

[HTML][HTML] Epicardial adipose tissue: far more than a fat depot

AH Talman, PJ Psaltis, JD Cameron… - Cardiovascular …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) refers to the fat depot that exists on the surface of the
myocardium and is contained entirely beneath the pericardium, thus surrounding and in …

Regulation of visceral and epicardial adipose tissue for preventing cardiovascular injuries associated to obesity and diabetes

N González, Z Moreno-Villegas… - Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Nowadays, obesity is seriously increasing in most of the populations all over the world, and
is associated with the development and progression of high-mortality diseases such as type …

Epicardial fat: definition, measurements and systematic review of main outcomes

AG Bertaso, D Bertol, BB Duncan… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Epicardial fat (EF) is a visceral fat deposit, located between the heart and the pericardium,
which shares many of the pathophysiological properties of other visceral fat deposits, It also …