The relationship between frequent premature ventricular complexes and epicardial adipose tissue volume
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Zhe Wang; Siqi Jiao; Jiawei Chen; Hehe Guo; Lichen Ren; Liping Sun; Yihong Sun; Yingwei Chen
- Source
- Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 14 (2023)
- Subject
- premature ventricular complexes
epicardial adipose tissue
computed tomography
burden levels
propensity score matching
Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
RC648-665
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1664-2392
BackgroundEpicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is related to atrial fibrillation. The association between EAT volume and premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) remains unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of EAT volume on the risk of frequent PVCs and burden levels of PVCs.MethodsThis observational study retrospectively recruited consecutive patients who had consultation between 2019 and 2021 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Frequent PVC patients (n = 402) and control patients (n = 402) undergoing non-contrast computed tomography (CT) were enrolled. We selected evaluation criteria for the conduct of a 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) analysis. Multivariable logistic analysis was used to investigate factors related to frequent PVCs. Furthermore, the determinants of EAT volume and the burden levels of PVCs were evaluated.ResultsPatients with PVCs had a significantly larger EAT volume than control patients. EAT volume was significantly larger in male PVC patients with BMI ≥24 kg/m2, diabetes mellitus, and E/A ratio