Data set from the article Petrini M, Alì M, Cannaò PM, Zambelli D, Cozzi A, Codari M, Malavazos AE, Secchi F, Sardanelli F. Epicardial adipose tissue volume in patients with coronary artery disease or non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Radiol. 2019 Jan;74(1):81.e1-81.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.09.006. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PMID: 30336943.

Data set from the article Petrini M, Alì M, Cannaò PM, Zambelli D, Cozzi A, Codari M, Malavazos AE, Secchi F, Sardanelli F. Epicardial adipose tissue volume in patients with coronary artery disease or non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Radiol. 2019 Jan;74(1):81.e1-81.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.09.006. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PMID: 30336943.

This is the abstract:

Aim: To compare the amount of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) or non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) with that in patients with negative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).

Materials and methods: One hundred and fifty patients (median age 57 years, interquartile range [IQR] 46-66 years) who underwent CMR were evaluated retrospectively: 50 with CAD, 50 with NIDCM, and 50 with negative CMR. For each patient, the EAT mass index (EATMI) to body surface area, end-diastolic volume index (EDVI), end-systolic volume index (ESVI), stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction (EF) for both ventricles, and left ventricle (LV) mass index were estimated. Intra and inter-reader reproducibility was tested in a random subset of 30 patients, 10 for each group. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman's correlation, and Bland-Altman statistics were used.

Results: The EATMI in CAD patients (median 15.7 g/m2, IQR 8.3-25.7) or in NIDCM patients (15.9 g/m2, 11.5-18.1) was significantly higher than that in negative CMR patients (9.1 g/m2, 6-12; p<0.001 both). No significant difference was found between CAD and NIDCM patients (p=1.000). A correlation between EATMI and LV mass index was found in NIDCM patients (r=0.455, p=0.002). Intra- and inter-reader reproducibility were up to 80% and 72%, respectively.

Conclusion: Patients with NIDCM or CAD exhibited an increased EATMI in comparison to negative CMR patients. CMR can be used to estimate EAT with good reproducibility.