Furthermore, epicardial adipose mass might reflect intra-abdominal visceral fat. Therefore, we propose that echocardiographic assessment of this tissue could serve as a reliable marker of visceral ...

the evidence reported so far suggests that epicardial adipose tissue is anatomically and clinically related to cardiac morphology and function. Indeed, epicardial fat is a metabolically active ...

Study: The adipose-neural axis is involved in epicardial adipose tissue-related cardiac arrhythmias. Image Credit: Inside Creative House / Shutterstock Abnormalities in the formation and ...