Data set for volumetric and pathological findings of epicardial adipose tissue

Toshiro Kitagawa; Hideya Yamamoto; Kazuhiro Sentani; Shinya Takahashi; Hiroshi Tsushima; Atsuhiro Senoo; Wataru Yasui; Taijiro Sueda; Yasuki Kihara

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.09.016

Data in Brief (Dec 2015)

Data set for volumetric and pathological findings of epicardial adipose tissue

Toshiro Kitagawa,
Hideya Yamamoto,
Kazuhiro Sentani,
Shinya Takahashi,
Hiroshi Tsushima,
Atsuhiro Senoo,
Wataru Yasui,
Taijiro Sueda,
Yasuki Kihara

Affiliations

Toshiro Kitagawa: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Hideya Yamamoto: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Kazuhiro Sentani: Department of Molecular Pathology, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Shinya Takahashi: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshi Tsushima: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Atsuhiro Senoo: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Wataru Yasui: Department of Molecular Pathology, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Taijiro Sueda: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Yasuki Kihara: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2015.09.016
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. C
pp. 337 – 341

Abstract

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This article contains the data regarding clinically-assessed visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume on computed tomography (CT) images and EAT pathology, represented by inflammation and neoangiogenesis, complementing the data reported by Kitagawa et al. [1]. In 45 patients scheduled for cardiac surgery, we studied CT images obtained prior to surgery and the numbers of CD68+ individual macrophages and CD31+ neovessels in EAT samples subsequently obtained during surgery. The data revealed a moderate correlation between VAT area and EAT volume, and a strong correlation between EAT macrophage infiltration and neoangiogenesis.

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ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
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