Role of adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 311-320

  Samanta, Rahul ^a,b   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a,b   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a,b   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACIPIMOX; ADIPONECTIN; CONNEXIN 43; CREATINE KINASE; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; FATTY ACID; GELATINASE A; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DESMOSOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FABRY DISEASE; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMATOUS METAPLASIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84955759052     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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