Earlier Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk with Epicardial Fat Assessment
Giuseppe Calcaterra (a),
Ron T. Vargheseb, (c),
Maurizio Baroni (d),
Alessandro Capucci (e),
Fabio Angeli (f, g),
Gianluca Iacobellis (b),
Paolo Verdecchia (h),
a Former Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Postgraduate Medical School of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Italy
b Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
c Sleep-Endocrinology clinic, Bascom Palmer Centre, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
d Cardiology Consultant, Bologna, Italy
e Professor of Cardiology, former Director of Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, Politecnica delle Marche University, Ancona, Italy
f Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation (DiMIT), University of Insubria, Varese
g Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS Tradate, Italy
h Associazione Umbra Cuore e Ipertensione and Division of Cardiology, Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy