Arrhythmogenic evidence for epicardial adipose tissue: Heart rate variability and turbulence are influenced by epicardial fat thickness

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-106

  Balcioʇlu, Akif Serhat ^a   Çiçek, Davran ^a   Akinci, Sinan ^a   Eldem, Halil Olcay ^a   Bal, Uʇur Abbas ^a   Okyay, Kaan ^a   Müderrisoʇlu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; epicardial fat; heart rate variability; Holter ECG

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920837622     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12512     Document Type: Article

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