Pericardial Fat is Associated With Atrial Conduction: The Framingham Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with altered atrial electrophysiology and a prominent risk factor for atrial fibrillation. Body mass index, the most widely used adiposity measure, has been related to atrial electrical remodeling. We tested the hypothesis that pericardial fat is independently assoc...

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Autores principales: Friedman, Daniel J., Wang, Na, Meigs, James B., Hoffmann, Udo, Massaro, Joseph M., Fox, Caroline S., Magnani, Jared W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24595189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.113.000477

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24595189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.113.000477

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