Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study

Behnoush Gustafsson; Suvi P. Rovio; Saku Ruohonen; Juha Mykkänen; Terho Lehtimäki; Eero Jokinen; Päivi Tossavainen; Tomi P. Laitinen; Mika Kähönen; Jorma S. Viikari; Katja Pahkala; Olli T. Raitakari

doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf394

Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study

Behnoush Gustafsson
, Suvi P. Rovio
, Saku Ruohonen
, Juha Mykkänen
, Terho Lehtimäki
, Eero Jokinen
, Päivi Tossavainen
, Tomi P. Laitinen
, Mika Kähönen
, Jorma S. Viikari
, Katja Pahkala
, Olli T. Raitakari

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Original language	English
Number of pages	10
Journal	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf394
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 Jul 2025
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

Cardiovascular disease
Echocardiography
Epicardial adipose tissue
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Left ventricular remodelling
Myocardial relaxation

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Gustafsson, B., Rovio, S. P., Ruohonen, S., Mykkänen, J., Lehtimäki, T., Jokinen, E., Tossavainen, P., Laitinen, T. P., Kähönen, M., Viikari, J. S., Pahkala, K., & Raitakari, O. T. (2025). Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf394

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