Periatrial epicardial adipose tissue thickness is an independent predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoballoon-based pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 295-302

  Kocyigit, Duygu ^a   Gurses, Kadri Murat ^b   Yalcin, Muhammed Ulvi ^c   Turk, Gamze ^a   Evranos, Banu ^a   Yorgun, Hikmet ^a   Sahiner, Mehmet Levent ^a   Kaya, Ergun Baris ^a   Hazirolan, Tuncay ^a   Tokgozoglu, Lale ^a   Oto, Mehmet Ali ^a   Ozer, Necla ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KONYA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c HAKKARI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac computed tomography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON BASED PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERIATRIAL EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOSURGERY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930923958     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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