Association of increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Chu, Chun Yuan ^a,b   Lee, Wen Hsien ^a,b,c   Hsu, Po Chao ^a,b   Lee, Meng Kuang ^b,c   Lee, Hung Hao ^b   Chiu, Cheng An ^b   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a,b   Lee, Chee Siong ^a,b   Yen, Hsueh Wei ^a,b   Voon, Wen Chol ^a,b   Lai, Wen Ter ^a,b   Sheu, Sheng Hsiung ^a,b   Su, Ho Ming ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84962037298     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002874     Document Type: Article

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