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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Antivir Ther. 2018;23(1):1–9. doi: 10.3851/IMP3193

Figure 1. Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Location and Relationship to Coronary Vasculature.

Figure 1

EAT encases and shares a blood supply with the coronary vasculature such that cytokines and adipokines produced by EAT may, through vasocrine and/or paracrine pathways, reach and act upon incipient, subclinical coronary plaque.