Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and Ablation Outcome of Atrial Fibrillation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chao, Tze Fan ^a,b   Hung, Chung Lieh ^c,d,e   Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^b   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Yun, Chun Ho ^c   Lai, Yau Huei ^c,d   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Chang, Hung Yu ^f   Kuo, Jen Yuan ^c,d   Yeh, Hung I ^c,d   Wu, Tsu Juey ^b,g   Hsieh, Ming Hsiung ^h   Yu, Wen Chung ^a,b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^e KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHADS2 SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84884173512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074926     Document Type: Article

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