ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE MEASURMENT BY TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH ABDOMINAL OBESITY

Objective:To assess the correlation between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness, measured by echocardiography, and the EAT volume, measured by multislice computed tomography (MSCT), in patients with abdominal obesity.Design and method:The study included 68 patients (57.5% - men, 42.5% - women)