Open AccessRelation of systolic and diastolic epicardial adipose tissue thickness with presence and severity of coronary artery disease (The EAT CAD study)
Author(s) -
Bhupendra Verma,
Deepak Katyal,
Akhilesh Kumar Patel,
Vivek Raj Singh,
Sandeep Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_194_19
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , diastole , waist , cad , logistic regression , blood pressure , obesity , engineering drawing , engineering
Recent studies have shown EAT to be an indicator of cardiovascular risk and atherosclerotic plaque development. However, such data is sparse from Indian sub-continent. The present study evaluated the relationship of EAT as determined by echocardiography to the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD).