Adverse association of epicardial adipose tissue accumulation with cardiac function and atrioventricular coupling in postmenopausal women assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to investigate the association of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) accumulation with cardiac function and atrioventricular coupling in a cohort of postmenopausal women assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).

Materials and methods

Overall, 283 postmenopausal women (mean age 61.5 ± 9.1 years) who underwent CMR examination were enrolled. Participants were classified into four groups by the quartile of EAT volume. EAT volume was quantified on short-axis cine stacks covering the entire epicardium. CMR-derived cardiac structure and function, including left atrial (LA)- volume, emptying fraction, deformation, and left ventricular (LV)- mass, volume, ejection fraction, and deformation, were compared among the four groups of graded EAT volume.<

SUBMITTER: Huang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9691674 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature