Diabetes during pregnancy—whether pre-existing or gestational—may lead to increased fat accumulation around the fetal heart, ...

Sense was developed by the CardioVascular Systems Imaging and AI (CVS.AI) lab at NHCS, in collaboration with researchers from ...

The following is a summary of “Increased epicardial tissue and reduced TAPSE and MAPSE scores in borderline personality ...

Credit: Getty Images A study was conducted to assess the effect of not using postprocedural drains in patients receiving epicardial access on risk for complications. In patients receiving epicardial ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2005;2(10):536-543. The reliability of the measurements of epicardial fat thickness taken from different views was excellent. Epicardial adipose tissue appears as ...

CIRCA Scientific receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the PeriCross™ Epicardial Access Kit, a novel tine-based system designed to support controlled and efficient subxiphoid access to the pericardial ...

Epicardial fat is a metabolically active organ that generates various bioactive molecules, which might significantly affect cardiac function. This small, visceral fat depot is now recognized as a ...

Here we show that the coronary lymphatic vasculature develops in intimate contact with the epicardium and with epicardial-derived cells. The epicardium expresses the lymphangiogenic cytokine VEGFC and ...

Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an endocrine organ containing a host ...

Among the risk factors associated with AF onset and severity, obesity and inflammation play a prominent role. Numerous recent evidence suggested a role of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the visceral ...