Hussein Nafakhi1, Abdulameer A Al-Mosawi2, Mohammed Alareedh3, Hasan A Al-Nafakh2. 1. Internal Medicine Department, AL-Sader Teaching Hospital, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq. 2. Radiology Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq. 3. Internal Medicine Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq.
Abstract
AIM: To assess the possible relationship between coronary atherosclerosis markers, pericardial fat volume (PFV) and coronary artery calcification, with ECG markers of index of the cardiac electrophysiological balance (iCEB) and transmural dispersion of the repolarization in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. METHODOLOGY: One hundred patients who underwent 64-slice multidetector computed tomography angiography were found to be eligible and were enrolled in the study. RESULTS: Patients with high iCEB levels tended to have a higher PFV values compared with patients with low iCEB levels (median [interquartile range]) (152 [29-206] vs 96 [14-177]; p = 0.03). No significant differences in coronary artery calcification values were observed between iCEB and transmural dispersion of the repolarization groups. CONCLUSION: A higher PFV value was observed in patients with high iCEB. Larger prospective studies are required to confirm the results.
AIM: To assess the possible relationship between coronary atherosclerosis markers, pericardial fat volume (PFV) and coronary artery calcification, with ECG markers of index of the cardiac electrophysiological balance (iCEB) and transmural dispersion of the repolarization in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. METHODOLOGY: One hundred patients who underwent 64-slice multidetector computed tomography angiography were found to be eligible and were enrolled in the study. RESULTS:Patients with high iCEB levels tended to have a higher PFV values compared with patients with low iCEB levels (median [interquartile range]) (152 [29-206] vs 96 [14-177]; p = 0.03). No significant differences in coronary artery calcification values were observed between iCEB and transmural dispersion of the repolarization groups. CONCLUSION: A higher PFV value was observed in patients with high iCEB. Larger prospective studies are required to confirm the results.