The Claim
Epicardial fat thickness is significantly higher in patients with triple-vessel coronary artery disease (mean 6.25 mm) than in patients with no significant coronary stenosis (mean 2.94 mm), demonstrating a dose-response relationship between epicardial fat thickness and coronary artery disease severity in adults undergoing angiography.
What the research says
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Adults with triple-vessel coronary artery disease have thicker layers of fat around the heart than adults with no significant heart artery blockage, and the thickness of this fat increases with the number of blocked arteries.
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Epicardial fat thickness is significantly higher in patients with triple-vessel coronary artery disease (mean 6.25 mm) compared to those with no significant coronary stenosis (mean 2.94 mm), indicating a dose-response relationship between fat thickness and disease severity in adults undergoing angiography.
Fat around the heart grows thicker and releases chemicals that irritate the heart arteries, causing plaque to build up inside them and narrow the blood flow.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Correlation of Epicardial Fat Thickness With the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease
People with the worst heart artery blockages have much more fat around their heart than people with healthy arteries — and this study measured it directly, showing the same numbers as the claim.
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