Abstract #0145

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance detects an association between aortic stiffness and epicardial fat volume in patients with increased cardiovascular risk

Rami Homsi¹, Alois Martin Sprinkart¹, Jürgen Gieseke^1,2, Julian Luetkens¹, Michael Meier-Schroers¹, Darius Dabir¹, Daniel Kuetting¹, Christian Marx¹, Hans Schild¹, and Daniel Thomas¹

¹Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Philips Healthcare, Hamburg, Germany

In a Cardiac Magnetic Resonance based approach the study reveals a relationship between epicardial fat and aortic stiffness which are both associated with cardiovascular risk and disease.

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