The Claim
In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, baseline epicardial adipose tissue volume is higher in males, those with higher body mass index, coronary artery disease, elevated serum creatinine, larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume, and greater left ventricular mass, indicating that epicardial fat accumulation correlates with established markers of cardiac remodeling and metabolic burden.
What the research says
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In patients with heart failure and diabetes or prediabetes, greater amounts of fat around the heart are consistently observed in individuals with higher body weight, male sex, coronary artery disease, elevated kidney markers, larger heart chambers, and increased heart muscle mass.
See the scientific wording
In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, baseline epicardial adipose tissue volume is higher in males, those with higher body mass index, coronary artery disease, elevated serum creatinine, larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume, and greater left ventricular mass, indicating that epicardial fat accumulation correlates with established markers of cardiac remodeling and metabolic burden.
Excess fat in the body and strain on the heart cause fat tissue around the heart to grow larger, especially when the heart is already weakened and the kidneys are not working well.
What the research says
1 studyIn people with heart failure and diabetes or prediabetes, this study found that those who were male, heavier, had heart or kidney problems, or had larger/thicker heart chambers tended to have more fat around their heart — which is exactly what the claim says.
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