Opposite relations of epicardial adipose tissue to left atrial size in paroxysmal and permanent atrial fibrillation

OBJECTIVES: Atrial fibrillation has been associated with obesity in epidemiological studies. Epicardial adipose tissue is an ectopic fat depot in the proximity of atria, with endocrine and inflammatory properties that is implicated in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. Inflammation also has...

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Autores principales: Psychari, Stavroula N, Tsoukalas, Dionysios, Varvarousis, Dimitrios, Papaspyropoulos, Anastasios, Gkika, Eleni, Kotsakis, Athanasios, Paraskevaidis, Ioannis A, Iliodromitis, Efstathios K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30245816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312118799908

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30245816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312118799908

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