Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Echocardiographic Assessment of Epicardial Adipose Tissue - A Marker of Visceral Adiposity |
| Authors: |
Navneet Singh, Harleen Singh, Harleen K Khanijoun, Gianluca Iacobellis |
| Source: |
McGill Journal of Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
McGill University, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
epicardial adipose tissue, echocardiography, obesity, body-mass index, visceral adiposity, Medicine |
| More Details: |
Visceral adipose tissue predicts an unfavorable cardiovascular and metabolic risk profile in humans. Existing methods to assess visceral adipose tissue have been limited. Thus, echocardiographic assessment of epicardial adipose tissue as a marker of visceral adiposity was suggested. The technique has been shown to be a very reliable method and an excellent measure of visceral adiposity. In this article, epicardial adipose tissue's localization on the heart, function, method of assessment and reliability as a marker of visceral adiposity is briefly reviewed. Areas of the technique requiring further study are identified. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1715-8125 |
| Relation: |
https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/469; https://doaj.org/toc/1715-8125 |
| DOI: |
10.26443/mjm.v10i1.469 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/ba69d4bff46f43048abdd50d0631206b |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.ba69d4bff46f43048abdd50d0631206b |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
