Increased pericardial adipose tissue is correlated with atrial fibrillation and left atrial dilatation

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 555-562

  Greif, Martin ^a   Von Ziegler, Franz ^a   Wakili, Reza ^a   Tittus, Janine ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Helbig, Susanne ^a   Laubender, Ruediger P ^c   Schwarz, Wolfgang ^a   D'Anastasi, Melvin ^a   Schenzle, Jan ^a   Leber, Alexander W ^b   Becker, Alexander ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Left atrial remodeling; Pericardial adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880329253     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0566-1     Document Type: Article

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