Could Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness by Echocardiography Be Correlated with Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk Scores. Issue 10 (3rd July 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Altun, Burak; Colkesen, Yucel; Gazi, Emine; Tasolar, Hakan; Temiz, Ahmet; Simsek, Hicran Yildiz; Barutcu, Ahmet; Gungor, Omer; Kirilmaz, Bahadir; Ceyhan, Koksal
• Is Part Of: Echocardiography. Volume 30:Issue 10(2013)
• Page Start: 1130
• Page End: 1134
• Publication Date: 2013-07-03
• Subjects: Echocardiography -- Periodicals; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; 616.1207543
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.12276
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-2822

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="echo12276-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="echo12276-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>The aim of our study was, echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness could show the severity and the prognosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS).</p> </sec> <sec id="echo12276-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods and Results</title> <p>Sixty‐five ACS patients (mean age 57.4 ± 12.2 years) who underwent coronary angiography were studied. EAT thickness on the free wall of right ventricle was measured at end‐diastole from the parasternal long‐axis views of 3 cardiac cycles. SYNTAX and Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) scoring considered for severity and the prognosis of ACS. The mean value of the EAT thickness were 5.5 ± 0.5 mm (range 1–12 mm). EAT thickness had a positive correlation with high sensitive troponin T (r = 0.712, P &lt; 0.001) and body mass index (r = 0.522, P &lt; 0.001.) EAT thickness was significantly correlated patients with high SYNTAX score (r = 0.690, P &lt; 0.001), but not correlated with GRACE score (r = 0.224, P = 0.072).</p> </sec> <sec id="echo12276-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>Epicardial adipose tissue thickness was correlated with angiographic severity of ACS, but not correlated with clinical prognosis risk score.</p> </sec> </abstract>