Epicardial Fat in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Properties and Relationships With Metabolic Factors, Cardiac Structure, and Cardiac Function

In conclusion, this study confirms a pathologic phenotype of NAFLD. Epicardial fat was not significantly related to NAFLD per se, but diabetes, glucose metabolism, and inflammation were closely related to its thickness.

Source: Angiology - December 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Psychari, S. N., Rekleiti, N., Papaioannou, N., Varhalama, E., Drakoulis, C., Apostolou, T. S., Iliodromitis, E. K. Tags: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Source Type: research