This page represents fat in the LV – All comers
There is a separate page for post MI fat
POST MI FAT
Lipomatous Metaplasia
- Post MI,
- myofibroblasts produce collagen as a repair mechanism
- Sometimes myofibroblasts
- differentiate into adipocytes,
- which is laid down in the scar
- Consequence of myocardial infarction.
- At autopsy
- Lipomatous Metaplasia
- was seen in about 70% of scars associated with
- chronic ischemic heart disease
- Lipomatous Metaplasia is also
- a significant predictor
- heart failure,
- all-cause mortality,
- sustained ventricular arrhythmia
FAT in PAPILLARY MUSCLES
EPICARDIAL FAT NECROSIS