Volume 114, Nº 2, February 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20190016
REVIEW ARTICLE
Cardiac Alterations in Patients with Familial Lipodystrophy
Minna Romano
Paula Inês
Fernanda Naira Zambelli Ramalho
Maria Cristina Foss
André Schmidt
Figure 2 – High resolution magnetic resonance images. (Upper) Four-chamber cardiac magnetic resonance images showing pericardial fat in the patient and in the control. (Middle) The control has fat in the chest wall, while the patient does not, demonstrating a general lack of adipose tissue in the patient. (Lower) The liver appears bright because of hepatic steatosis in the patient with lipodystrophy. The general lack of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in the patient with lipodystrophy can be observed. [Adapted from Nelson et. al. Cardiac Steatosis and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients With Generalized Lipodystrophy as Determined by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging].2
Keywords: Lipodystrophy, Familial Partial/genetics; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/trends; Metabolic Diseases/complications.