TCT-299 Association of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Inflammation as Assessed by FDG PET-CT with Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease

Patients with angiographic CAD(n=19) had higher TBR for EAT to PAT(3.57±1.88 vs 2.29±0.73;p=0.09) compared to those without CAD(n=7) but the difference was insignificant due to small number of patients in this study.Among patients with CAD, those presenting with myocardial infarction(MI) during inde...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 64; no. 11; p. B86
Main Authors:	Kaushik, Manu, Degenhardt, Scott, Paknikar, Subhash, Ramachandran, Jyoti, Veerappan Kandasamy, Vimalkumar, Ramachandran, Atul, Saurav, Alok, Alla, Venkata M, Mohiuddin, Syed M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Inc 16-09-2014 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Cardiology Cardiovascular Cardiovascular disease Coronary vessels Heart attacks Internal Medicine Medical research
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