Epicardial adipose tissue volume predicts long term major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with Type 2 diabetes

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Uygur B., Celik O., Demir A. R., Karakayali M., Arslan C., OTÇU TEMUR H., ...More

TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.49, no.2, pp.127-134, 2021 (ESCI)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 49 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2021
• Doi Number: 10.5543/tkda.2021.65635
• Journal Name: TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
• Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.127-134
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a metabolically active visceral fat depot that plays an important role in coronary atherosclerosis. In this study, our aim was to investigate the relationship between long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and EAT volume detected by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2-DM) without previous coronary events.