PMID- 27606110
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160908
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2075-051X (Print)
IS  - 2075-0528 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-051X (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 3
DP  - 2016 Aug
TI  - Impact of Body Mass Index on Vascular Calcification and Pericardial Fat Volume 
      Among Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease.
PG  - e310-6
LID - 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.03.008 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the 
      relationship between pericardial fat volume (PFV), aortic root calcification 
      (ARC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) among patients with suspected 
      coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS: This cross-sectional study took place 
      between January and December 2014 at the Kufa University Teaching Hospital, 
      Najaf, Iraq. A total of 130 consecutive patients with an intermediate pretest 
      probability of ischaemic heart disease who underwent 64-slice multidetector 
      computed tomography (CT) angiography during the study period were recruited. Of 
      these, 111 were included in the study and divided into groups according to BMI. 
      Imaging markers were measured on CT angiography. RESULTS: A total of 28 patients 
      were obese, while 42 and 41 were overweight and normal weight, respectively. The 
      median PFV, CAC and ARC was 109 cm(3) (interquartile range [IQR]: 52-176 cm(3)), 
      0 Agatston score (IQR: 0-52 Agatston score) and 0 Agatston score (IQR: 0-15 
      Agatston score), respectively, in the normal weight group in comparison to 79 
      cm(3) (IQR: 43-138 cm(3)), 0 Agatston score (IQR: 0-54 Agatston score) and 0 
      Agatston score (IQR: 0-0 Agatston score), respectively, in the obese group. 
      Significant correlations were observed between PFV and CAC (r(2) = 0.22; P = 
      0.002) and ARC and CAC (r(2) = 0.37; P <0.001) in the normal weight group. 
      However, no significant correlations were observed for obese and overweight 
      patients. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that BMI may not be an accurate 
      tool for measuring adiposity or assessing subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in 
      patients with suspected CAD.
FAU - Nafakhi, Hussein
AU  - Nafakhi H
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Najaf, 
      Iraq.
FAU - Al-Mosawi, Abdulameer
AU  - Al-Mosawi A
AD  - Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq.
FAU - Elwali, Hayder
AU  - Elwali H
AD  - Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq.
FAU - Al-Nafakh, Hasan
AU  - Al-Nafakh H
AD  - Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq.
FAU - Tawfeq, Raad
AU  - Tawfeq R
AD  - Department of Radiology, Almustansyria University, Baghdad, Iraq.
FAU - Nafakhi, Ahmed
AU  - Nafakhi A
AD  - Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Najaf Health Bureau, Najaf, Iraq.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160819
PL  - Oman
TA  - Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
JT  - Sultan Qaboos University medical journal
JID - 101519915
PMC - PMC4996293
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atherosclerosis
OT  - Body Mass Index
OT  - Coronary Angiography
OT  - Coronary Vessels
OT  - Obesity
OT  - Pericardium
OT  - Vascular Calcification
EDAT- 2016/09/09 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/09 06:01
PMCR- 2016/08/01
CRDT- 2016/09/09 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/01/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/02/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/02/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/03/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/04/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/09/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - squmj1608-e310-316 [pii]
AID - 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.03.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2016 Aug;16(3):e310-6. doi: 
      10.18295/squmj.2016.16.03.008. Epub 2016 Aug 19.