[16] Cardiac Fat and Atrial Fibrillation

Question 1

What is VAT?

Answer 1

Visceral Adipose Tissue, a type of fat stored in the abdomen

Question 2

Connection between cardiac fat and AF?

Answer 2

• Mixed results
• Pericardial and intrathoracic VAT associated with AF

Question 3

What is EAT?

Answer 3

Epicardial Adipose Tissue, a type of cardiac fat

Question 4

Unique insights in Cardiac Fat?

Answer 4

• Embryonic Origins
• Genetic Expression
• Cardiac Subdepots

Question 5

Role of EAT in AF?

Answer 5

• Cardioprotective in healthy state
• Detrimental in obesity
• Influences cardiac electrophysiology

Question 6

Methods used to study cardiac fat in AF?

Answer 6

• Computed tomography (CT)
• Transcriptomic analysis
• 18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET)