Pericoronary adipose tissue CT attenuation

1. Epicardial adipose tissue CT attenuation is associated with pericoronary adipose tissue CT attenuation in humans (β = 2.44 HU per SD).

   “ΔEAT attenuation was also associated with increasing PCAT attenuation (β = 2.44 HU per SD; P < 0.001)”

   Humansin exploratory analysespericoronary adipose tissuen = 313

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