Epicardial fat in atrial fibrillation and heart failure

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 587-590

  Iacobellis, G ^a   Zaki, M C ^a   Garcia, D ^a   Willens, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; echocardiography; epicardial fat; heart failure; obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIAL FAT; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; EPICARDIUM; FAT MASS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 84904553980     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1367078     Document Type: Article

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