Keywords:
Cardiac, Arteries / Aorta, Vascular, CT, CT-Angiography, CT-Quantitative, Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis, Contrast agent-intravenous, Arteriosclerosis, Metabolic disorders, Tissue characterisation
Authors:
A. Kokov, Y. Dyleva, N. Brel, O. Gruzdeva, V. L. Masenko, E. Belik, E. Uchasova, O. Barbarash; Kemerovo/RU
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0082
Aims and objectives
The growing prevalence of obesity in the world poses new challenges for researchers.
In the course of the studies,
the endocrine function of visceral adipose tissue on the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases was proved [1].
Pericoronary adipose tissue refers to an ectopic fat depot with a local effect on the walls of the coronary arteries [2].
Despite the fact that there is still a debate about the role of pericoronarу fat tissue on the vascular wall,
there are works of scientists demonstrating this fact.
The works of S.
Verhagen et al.
[3] demonstrate the absence of manifestation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries at the level of the “myocardial bridging”,
where there is no pericoronary adipose tissue,
which indicates the role of pericoronary adipose tissue in the development of atherosclerotic vessel changes.
The purpose of the study was study of the possibilities of multispiral computed tomography in the quantitative evaluation of the pericoronary fat depot.