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Fig. 2 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 2

From: Pericardial fat and its influence on cardiac diastolic function

Fig. 2

Definition of pericardial fat (PF) and the related adipose tissues. The adipose tissue surrounding the heart is defined as the pericardial fat (PF) and is a combination of epicardial and cardiac fat components. Within the PF, the pericardium demarcates the epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) from the cardiac adipose tissue (CAT). EAT (depicted in blue) is located between the myocardium and visceral pericardium, CAT (depicted in green) is located adherent and external to the parietal pericardium

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