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Influence of epicardial adipose tissue and adipocytokine levels on cardiac abnormalities in visceral obesity.

Malavazos AE, Ermetici F, Coman C, Corsi MM, Morricone L, Ambrosi B

Adipocytokine levels and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) seem to be associated with some cardiac abnormalities and a role of visceral fat in predisposing to cardiac dysfunction, possibly through a low-grade state of inflammation, has been demonstrated. In this study we firstly show that elevated levels of both monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and soluble IL-6 receptor/interleukin-6 (sIL-6R/IL-6) complex are closely correlated with epicardial fat thickness.

Published 27 August 2007 in Int J Cardiol, 121(1): 132-4.
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