Author/Authors :
Iacobellis، نويسنده , , Gianluca and Ribaudo، نويسنده , , Maria Cristina and Zappaterreno، نويسنده , , Alessandra and Iannucci، نويسنده , , Concetta Valeria and Leonetti، نويسنده , , Frida، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Visceral adiposity is a cardiovascular risk factor of growing interest. This study sought to evaluate the hypothesis of a relation between epicardial adipose tissue, the visceral adipose tissue deposited around the heart, and left ventricular morphology in healthy subjects with a wide range of adiposity. We found for the first time that an increase in epicardial fat is significantly related to an increase in left ventricular mass.
