Adipose tissue plays essential roles in maintaining lipid and glucose homeostasis. To date
several types of adipose tissue have been identified, namely white, brown, and beige, that …

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at high risk for macrovascular
complications, which represent the major cause of mortality. Despite effective treatment of …

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 …

Epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic preclinical studies conducted in the field of
cardiovascular medicine have led to remarkable progress in our understanding of …

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 …

Epicardial adipose tissue is an unusual visceral fat depot with anatomical and functional
contiguity to the myocardium and coronary arteries. Under physiological conditions …

Epicardial fat plays a role in cardiovascular diseases. Because of its anatomic and functional
proximity to the myocardium and its intense metabolic activity, some interactions between …

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 …

Background Obesity is a well-established risk factor for heart failure (HF). However,
implications of pericardial fat on incident HF is unclear. Objectives This study sought to …

Aging is associated with progressive changes in total and regional fat distribution that have
negative health consequences. Indeed, a preferential increase in abdominal fat, in particular …