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All participants underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 12 hours of symptom onset and subsequently had a non-contrast cardiac computed tomography (CT) scan performed during their hospital stay to assess epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness. Patients were assigned to two groups: relying on their angiographic thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) thrombus grade: Group I: with low TB (Grades 0\u20133) and Group II: with high TB (Grades 4\u20135).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n A strong positive correlation between EAT in the right atrioventricular (AV) groove and TIMI thrombus score (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.624,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), indicating that enhanced thickness of epicardial fat in this region is significantly associated with higher TB. 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