Cardiac computed tomography-derived epicardial fat volume and attenuation independently distinguish patients with and without myocardial infarction

• Amir Abbas Mahabadi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: amir-abbas.mahabadi@uk-essen.de

  Affiliation West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2336-7991

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• Bastian Balcer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Iryna Dykun,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Michael Forsting,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Thomas Schlosser,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Gerd Heusch,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Institute for Pathophysiology, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Tienush Rassaf

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany

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