EVALUATING PRO-ATHEROSCLEROTIC ACTIVITIES IN EPICARDIAL AND PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE AND EXPLORING THEIR POTENTIAL AS CELLULAR MODELS FOR ASSESSING PATIENT RESPONSIVENESS TO THERAPEUTICS
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2024
Background Hypertrophy of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) as in obesity is associated with several cardiac risk factors and higher carotid intima-media thickness, suggesting a pathogenic role of both cardiac fat tissue in the development of atherosclerosis. Curbing epicardial and pericardial adipose tissue dysmetabolism and…