Comments on: Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/922 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: kirschj http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/922/comment-page-1#comment-772 kirschj Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:33:06 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=922#comment-772 Interesting paper. There are many studies like this one appearing in the literature as of lately. Two recent ones as a result of the MESA data: - The association of pericardial fat with incident coronary heart disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Ding J, Hsu FC, Harris TB, Liu Y, Kritchevsky SB, Szklo M, Ouyang P, Espeland MA, Lohman KK, Criqui MH, Allison M, Bluemke DA, Carr JJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):499-504. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19571212" rel="nofollow">19571212</a> - The association of pericardial fat with calcified coronary plaque. Ding J, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB, Burke GL, Detrano RC, Szklo M, Jeffrey Carr J. Obesity. 2008 Aug;16(8):1914-9. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18535554" rel="nofollow">18535554</a> There is also a very nice review that just got published by Iacobellis, et al. See this <a href="http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/940" rel="nofollow">post</a>. Interesting paper. There are many studies like this one appearing in the literature as of lately. Two recent ones as a result of the MESA data:

- The association of pericardial fat with incident coronary heart disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Ding J, Hsu FC, Harris TB, Liu Y, Kritchevsky SB, Szklo M, Ouyang P, Espeland MA, Lohman KK, Criqui MH, Allison M, Bluemke DA, Carr JJ.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):499-504.
PMID: 19571212

- The association of pericardial fat with calcified coronary plaque.
Ding J, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB, Burke GL, Detrano RC, Szklo M, Jeffrey Carr J.
Obesity. 2008 Aug;16(8):1914-9.
PMID: 18535554

There is also a very nice review that just got published by Iacobellis, et al. See this post.

]]> By: Ronen Rubinshtein, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/922/comment-page-1#comment-661 Ronen Rubinshtein, MD Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:12:19 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=922#comment-661 Interesting paper on the relation between coronary plaques and epicardial fat tissue. The relation may be significant, and may also be related to the important role of the vasa-vasorum in the process of coronary atherosclerosis. Interesting paper on the relation between coronary plaques and epicardial fat tissue. The relation may be significant, and may also be related to the important role of the vasa-vasorum in the process of coronary atherosclerosis.

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