Excess adiposity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to dyslipidemia, systemic inflammation and other risk factors. The distribution of body fat depots, and central adiposity in particular, is related to cardiometabolic diseases. The different adipose tissue depots in the body, ie, epicardial adipose tissue, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), have different biochemical characteristics and produce unique biologically active molecules that affect normal and pathological processes related to CVD risk. , Abdominal SAT is classified […]