Pericardial fat is associated with atrial conduction: The Framingham heart study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Friedman, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Na ^b   Meigs, James B ^c   Hoffmann, Udo ^c   Massaro, Joseph M ^b,d   Fox, Caroline S ^d,e   Magnani, Jared W ^d,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Conduction; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; P WAVE; P WAVE AMPLITUDE; P WAVE AREA; P WAVE DURATION; P WAVE TERMINAL FORCE; PERICARDIAL FAT; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 85042805109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000477     Document Type: Article

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