Correlation between LDL Level and Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Assessed by Multi Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

Abstract

Background: Epicardial fat is a metabolically active visceral and perivascular fat depot, surrounding the myocardium and coronary arteries. The aim of this study was to evaluate correlation between low density lipoprotein (LDL) level and pericoronary adipose tissue assessed by multi slice computed tomography coronary angiography.Methods: It was a single center, cross sectional, comparative study that was conducted on 200 patients with suspected coronary artery disease were recruited from El-Galaa military outpatient clinic of cardiology underwent computed tomography coronary angiography (CCTA) and they were classified into two equal groups: group (1) included patients with High LDL level (≥130mg/dl) and group (2) included patients with normal LDL level (