IMAT

There are multiple definitions:

  1. intermuscular adipose tissue(English)

  2. intramyocardial adipose tissue(English)

    • represented by intramyocellular triglyceride accumulation and closely correlates to insulin resistance. Has been shown to contribute to electrophysiological dysfunction and ventricular tachycardia in large animal models of myocardial infarction
    • Cardiology, Electrophysiology
    • https://doi.org…RCEP.116.004998