The impact of epicardial adipose tissue in patients with acute myocardial infarction

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-458113
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.45811

Fisser, Christoph ; Colling, Stefan ; Debl, Kurt ; Hetzenecker, Andrea ; Sterz, Ulrich ; Hamer, Okka W. ; Fellner, Claudia ; Maier, Lars S.

; Buchner, Stefan ; Arzt, Michael

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Abstract

Aims Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been linked to impaired reperfusion success after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether EAT predicts myocardial damage in the early phase after acute myocardial infarction (MI) is unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether EAT in patients with acute MI is associated with more microvascular obstruction (MVO), greater ST-deviation, larger ...