Epicardial fat and atrial fibrillation: Current evidence, potential mechanisms, clinical implications, and future directions

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 1294-1302

  Wong, Christopher X ^a   Ganesan, Anand N ^b   Selvanayagam, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Atrial fibrillation; Body mass index; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Obesity; Pericardial fat; Visceral adipose tissue; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL FAT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL FAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; COMPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FORECASTING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85019475579     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw045     Document Type: Review

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