Infiltrated atrial fat characterizes underlying atrial fibrillation substrate in patients at risk as defined by the ARIC atrial fibrillation risk score

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 196-201

  Tereshchenko, Larisa G ^a   Rizzi, Patricia ^a   Mewton, Nathan ^a   Volpe, Gustavo Jardim ^a   Murthy, Sindhoora ^b   Strauss, David G ^c   Liu, Chia Y ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^d   Spooner, Peter ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Kellman, Peter ^e   Lima, Joao A C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Intraatrial infiltrated fat; Risk score

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894090393     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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