Thickness of epicardial adipose tissue as a predictor of cardiovascular risk

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Epicardial fat is one of the most discussed and unexplored risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Structure of epicardial adipose tissue, it’s functions and pathophysiological processes are observed. It is considered epicardial fat to increase cardiovascular risk. Currently, there is no standardized methodology for measuring the thickness of the epicardial fat. As the most accessible method, the method of transthoracic echocardiography is considered and described.

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A. V Davydova

A.S.Lukashevskiy Kamchatka Regional Hospital. 630003, Russian Federation

врач-кардиолог Регионального сосудистого центра Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Leningradskaya ul., 112

V. S Nikiforov

I.I.Mechnikov State Northwestern Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: viktor.nikiforov@szgmu.ru
д-р мед. наук, проф., проф. каф. функциональной диагностики 191015, Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, ul. Kirochnaia, d. 41

Yu. S Khalimov

S.M.Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Email: yushkha@gmail.com
д-р мед. наук, проф., нач. каф. военно-полевой терапии 194044, Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, ul. Akademika Lebedeva, d. 6

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