Is obesity a risk factor for atrial fibrillation?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-135

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; BMI; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN;

AGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20444439618     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0132     Document Type: Short Survey

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