Volume 26, Issue 10 (12-2019)
RJMS 2019, 26(10): 28-37 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
malakootian M, futuhi F, arabian M. Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Diseases. RJMS 2019; 26 (10) :28-37
URL: http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-5609-en.html
URL: http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-5609-en.html
rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center , arabian@rhc.ac.ir
Abstract: (3500 Views)
In obesity the risk of cardiovascular diseases is more strongly related to the visceral rather than subcutaneous adiposity. Epicardial adipose tissue is a kind of visceral fat which located between myocardium and visceral pericardium. Rapid improvements in noninvasive techniques for cardiac imaging made a strong interest in the imaging of epicardial and perivascular adipose tissue as proxy measures of visceral adiposity which is more specific and sensitive indicators of cardiometabolic risk. To date epicardial adipose tissue is considered to modulate various physiological and pathological cardiac functions through the paracrine activity. Epicardial adipose tissue act as an endocrine organ by releasing bioactive proteins which known as adipokines, that can direct and locally act on nearby vessels and tissues. Extensive experimental and clinical evidence has confirmed the key role of inflammatory adipokines in the development of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of inflammatory processes are not fully understood. In this review we tried to notice some important roles of epicardial adipose tissue in cardiovascular diseases.
Type of Study: review article |
Subject:
Cardio Muscular Disease
Send email to the article author
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
