Preclinical MRI of proinflammatory epicardial adipose tissue: Accelerated methods for simultaneous fatty acid composition and relaxation parameter mapping with relationships to tissue biomarkers

This study developed an accelerated EAT FAC and T₁ imaging method and provides evidence that MRI-derived EAT FAC indexes and T₁ may serve as biomarkers of proinflammatory EAT by demonstrating correlations with histological and cytokine markers.