NCT01344694

Epicardial Fat, Visceral Fat and Coronary Atherosclerosis

Association Between Epicardial Fat, Visceral Fat Accumulation & Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ziv Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: Visceral fat is increasingly associated with metabolic syndrome and with fatty liver, a condition carrying a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The independent role of epicardial fat deposition in cardiovascular risk remains unclear.

Detailed description

Background: Visceral fat is increasingly associated with metabolic syndrome and with fatty liver, a condition carrying a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The independent role of epicardial fat deposition in cardiovascular risk remains unclear. Aim: Evaluate the link between epicardial fat, visceral fat, liver fat accumulation and cardiovascular diseases and carotis atherosclerosis in patients with the major cardiovascular risk factors and with or without metabolic syndrome.

Conditions

• Epicardial Fat
• Visceral Fat
• Atherosclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	patient with liver fat	30 patient with liver fat
OTHER	pts. with excess of visceral fat	pts. with excess of visceral fat
OTHER	control	30 control subjects

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-02-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2011-04-29
• Last updated: 2011-05-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel