Obesity is associated with impaired long-term success of pulmonary vein isolation: a plea for risk factor management before ablation

AIMS: Obesity is an increasing health problem and is an important risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) on the safety and long-term efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for drug-refractory AF. METHODS: 414 consecut...

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Autores principales: De Maat, Gijs E, Mulder, Bart, Berretty, Wouter L, Al-Jazairi, Meelad I H, Tan, Yong E S, Wiesfeld, Ans C P, Mariani, Massimo A, Van Gelder, Isabelle C, Rienstra, Michiel, Blaauw, Yuri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2017-000771

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2017-000771

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