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Increased epicardial adipose tissue area and radiodensity in sarcopenic obesity.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 10 Jun 2026
He Tianwen, Wang Ruilin, Jiang Wenhua, Lian Rongna, Chen Xiaomei, Yang Ming
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BACKGROUND: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) confers substantially greater cardiometabolic risk than either sarcopenia or obesity alone, but the tissue-level structural alterations underlying this risk remain unclear. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) characteristics, including both area and radiodensity, may provide clinically relevant insight into the cardiometabolic burden associated with this complex muscle-fat...
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