Patent ID: 11948230
Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of predicting a mortality risk or risk of a patient suffering a cardiovascular event, said method comprising:
(a) determining:
(i) epicardial adipose tissue volume (EpAT-vol);
and at least one of
(ii) fat attenuation index of epicardial adipose tissue (FAIEpAT); and
(iii) fat attenuation index of perivascular adipose tissue (FAIPVAT);
wherein FAIPVAT is determined using data gathered from a computer tomography (CT) scan along a length of a blood vessel; and

(b) comparing each of the values determined in (a) to a pre-determined cut-off value or using the absolute value of each variable determined in (a) in order to generate an output value that indicates the patient's mortality risk or risk of suffering a cardiovascular event.