Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and coronary artery stenoses on computed tomography in patients scheduled for carotid artery revascularization

• Published in: Journal of cardiology Vol. 79; no. 5; pp. 588 - 595
• Main Authors: Sato, Yoshihiro, Kawai, Hideki, Hoshino, Meiko, Matsumoto, Shoji, Hayakawa, Motoharu, Sadato, Akiyo, Sarai, Masayoshi, Motoyama, Sadako, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Naruse, Hiroyuki, Ishii, Junnichi, Toyama, Hiroshi, Ozaki, Yukio, Nakahara, Ichiro, Hirose, Yuichi, Izawa, Hideo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Carotid artery disease; Carotid Artery, Common; Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary computed tomography; Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Epicardial adipose tissue; Female; Humans; Male; Pericardium - diagnostic imaging; Risk Factors; Stroke Volume; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ventricular Function, Left; Carotid artery disease; Coronary computed tomography; Epicardial adipose tissue

•Ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease share common pathological mechanisms.•Half of the patients with carotid stenoses also have coronary artery diseases.•Coronary artery disease is the major cause of death after an ischemic stroke.•Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) was associated with coronary...