Could Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness by Echocardiography Be Correlated with Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk Scores.

ACUTE coronary syndrome; PERICARDIUM; ADIPOSE tissues; STATISTICAL correlation; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE regression analysis; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANATOMY; DISEASE risk factors

Aim The aim of our study was, echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue ( EAT) thickness could show the severity and the prognosis of acute coronary syndromes ( ACS). Methods and Results Sixty-five ACS patients (mean age 57.4 ± 12.2 years) who underwent coronary angiography were studied. EAT thickness on the free wall of right ventricle was measured at end-diastole from the parasternal long-axis views of 3 cardiac cycles. SYNTAX and Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) scoring considered for severity and the prognosis of ACS. The mean value of the EAT thickness were 5.5 ± 0.5 mm (range 1-12 mm). EAT thickness had a positive correlation with high sensitive troponin T (r = 0.712, P < 0.001) and body mass index (r = 0.522, P < 0.001.) EAT thickness was significantly correlated patients with high SYNTAX score (r = 0.690, P < 0.001), but not correlated with GRACE score (r = 0.224, P = 0.072). Conclusion Epicardial adipose tissue thickness was correlated with angiographic severity of ACS, but not correlated with clinical prognosis risk score. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]