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Epicardial and perivascular fat depots are increasingly recognized as sensitive indicators of cardiometabolic risk and potential independent causal factors for cardiovascular disease.
Epicardial and perivascular adipose tissues may serve as sensitive indicators of cardiometabolic risk and potentially independent causal factors for cardiovascular disease.
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Visceral adiposity measures may refine CV risk stratification beyond BMI/WC; leaves open whether imaging improves outcomes in normal-weight obese patients.
Fitzgibbons et al. (2014) conducted a review in Cardiovascular Disease. Epicardial and perivascular adipose tissues was evaluated. Epicardial and perivascular fat depots are increasingly recognized as sensitive indicators of cardiometabolic risk and potential independent causal factors for cardiovascular disease.
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