Indian Heart Journal (Sep 2020)

V-FAT study – A correlation between novel markers of obesity and coronary artery disease severity assessed by Syntax score in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome

  • Anurag Bahekar,
  • Varghese George,
  • Kiran Jacob,
  • Sultan R. Salih,
  • Ancy Thannikkal Joseph,
  • Cherian Koshy,
  • Amol Gautam,
  • Geena Benjamin,
  • Krishnan Nair Venugopal

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. 5
pp. 448 – 450

Abstract

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Our aim was to evaluate the role of traditional versus newer markers of obesity, in risk assessment of CAD. 50 consecutive ACS patients and 20 controls were enrolled.Visceral and Subcutaneous fat (VFAT and SFAT) analysis was done using multi-slice abdominal MRI. Syntax score was calculated from coronary angiogram. In our study, BMI and Waist/Hip ratios showed poor correlation with Syntax score. VFAT and SFAT showed strong correlation with Syntax score (p-0.01,0.03) and a more significant correlation was noted with their areas at L3-L4 levels (p-0.01,0.05). Statistically significant ROC- area under curve was observed with Indexed SFAT.

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