Perivascular adipose tissue and vascular disease.

This article describes the anatomy and pathophysiology of perivascular adipose tissue and the experimental evidence supporting its local adverse effect on the vasculature. Methods for quantifying perivascular adipose tissue in free-living populations will be described. Finally, the epidemiological literature demonstrating an association between perivascular adipose tissue and cardiometabolic disease will be explored. PMID: 21686058 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Lipidology - Category: Lipidology Tags: Clin Lipidol Source Type: research