Impact of weight reduction on pericardial adipose tissue and cardiac structure in patients with atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 655-662.e2

  Abed, Hany S ^a,b   Nelson, Adam J ^b   Richardson, James D ^b   Worthley, Stephen G ^b   Vincent, Andrew ^b   Wittert, Gary A ^b   Leong, Darryl P ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL MASS; PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; HEART MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84929274933     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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