Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Plaque Burden and Composition and Provides Incremental Value for the Prediction of Cardiac Outcome. A Clinical Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography Study

• Gitsios Gitsioudis ,

  * E-mail: gitsioudis_correspondence@web.de

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Christina Schmahl,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Anna Missiou,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Andreas Voss,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Alena Schüssler,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Hassan Abdel-Aty,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Sebastian J. Buss,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Dirk Mueller,

  Affiliation CT Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

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• Mani Vembar,

  Affiliation CT Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mark Bryant,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Hans-Ulrich Kauczor,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Evangelos Giannitsis,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Hugo A. Katus,

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Grigorios Korosoglou

  Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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