The association among MDCT-derived three-dimensional visceral adiposities on cardiac diastology and dyssynchrony in asymptomatic population

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 15; no. 131; p. 142
• Main Authors: Lai, Yau-Huei, Hou, Charles Jia-Yin, Yun, Chun-Ho, Sung, Kuo-Tzu, Su, Cheng-Huang, Wu, Tung-Hsin, Yang, Fei-Shih, Hung, Ta-Chuan, Hung, Chung-Lieh, Bezerra, Hiram G, Yeh, Hung-I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.10.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adiposity - physiology; Asymptomatic Diseases; Care and treatment; Diastole - physiology; Echocardiography; Female; Heart failure; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multidetector Computed Tomography; Obesity, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Obesity, Abdominal - physiopathology; Prevention; Sects; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; United States
• ISSN: 1471-2261; 1471-2261
• DOI: 10.1186/s12872-015-0136-8

Visceral adipose tissue, a biologically active fat depot, has been proposed as a reliable marker for visceral adiposity and metabolic abnormalities. Effects of such adiposity on LV diastolic function and dyssynchrony remained largely unknown. We assessed pericardial fat (PCF) and thoracic peri-aortic fat (TPAF) by three-dimensional (3D) volume-vender multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) (Aquarius 3D Workstation, TeraRecon, San Mateo, CA, USA). Echo-derived diastolic parameters and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) defined mitral annular systolic (S'), early diastolic (E') velocities as well as LV filling (E/E') were all obtained. Intra-ventricular systolic (Sys-D) and diastolic (Dias-D) dyssynchrony were assessed by TDI method. A total of 318 asymptomatic subjects (mean age: 53.5 years, 36.8 % female) were eligible in this study. Greater PCF and TPAF were both associated with unfavorable diastolic indices and higher diastolic dyssynchrony (all p < 0.05). These associations remained relatively unchanged in multi-variate models. PCF and TPAF set at 81.68 & 8.11 ml yielded the largest sensitivity and specificity (78.6 and 60 % for PCF, 75 and 66.6 % for TPAF, respectively) in predicting abnormally high LV diastolic dyssynchrony, which was defined as Dias-D≧55 ms. Increasing visceral adiposity may be associated with adverse effects on myocardium, primarily featured by worse diastolic function and greater degree of dyssynchrony.