Objective: the role of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may play in the pathogenesis of coronary vascular
disease CVD in patients on hemodialysis and whether imaging of EAT may hold prognostic implications for
CVD events and mortality within this patient group .This systematic review investigated the association between
epicardial adipose tissue and developing coronary artery diseases in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Methods: A search strategy was developed to identify primary studies published until 2 November/2019.
Studies were obtained from multiple electronic databases (PubMed, HINARI, Science Direct). Searches were
supplemented by hand searching and checking the reference lists of included articles.
Results: After the removal of duplicates, the search identified 89 titles, following title and abstract review
twenty–three publications were considered potentially relevant, of which 6 studies were retrieved plus two
studies from references list. The eight studies were included in the current review. Epicardial Adipose tissue
thickness or volume is correlated significantly with coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients
regardless its long term or incident.
Conclusion: This systematic review suggests the significant relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and
developing coronary artery disease in this special cohort of patients, hemodialysis patients. Further research
should consider more the availability of using EAT as a non-invasive method to assess cardiovascular risk in
HD patients.
Keywords: Epicardial adipose tissue, Coronary artery disease, Dialysis patients, systematic review.

Title

The Eurasia Proceedings of Health, Environment and Life Sciences (EPHELS),

Publisher

ICGeHeS 2022: International Conference on General Health Sciences

Publisher Country

Turkey

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Prtinted only

Volume

6

Year

2022

Pages

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