Is epicardial adipose tissue an epiphenomenon or a new player in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation?

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 107, Issue 6-7, 2014, Pages 349-352

  Hatem, Stéphane N ^a,b  

^a Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN)   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Adipose tissue; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac fat tissue; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ADIPOCYTOKINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GELATINASE A; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MATRILYSIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROGENESIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; RISK FACTOR; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; METABOLISM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905396486     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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