Atrial Fibrillation and Obesity Not Just a Coincidence

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-13

  Hatem, Stéphane N ^a  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

activin A; adipose tissue; atrial myocardium; atrial remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; OVINE MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; OBESITY;

EID: 84937458539     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.057     Document Type: Editorial

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