Can epicardial fat tissue thickness help determine the need for coronary angiography before heart valve surgery?
EAT thickness > 4.3 mm is a strong predictor of suspected CAD and may help determine the need for CAG in patients undergoing heart valve surgery.
Authors
- İlker Mercan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0295-2641)
- Yüksel DERELİ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-1045)
- Mehmet Işık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-7473)
- Ömer Tanyeli̇ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-7744)
- Niyazi Görmüş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-3653)
- Elif Nur Yıldırım Öztürk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-9756)
Institutions
- Ankara University (TR)
- Necmettin Erbakan University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2025-063
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00