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Joint Associations of Obesity and NT‐proBNP With the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in the ARIC Study

BACKGROUND: Circulating NT‐proBNP (N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide) levels, a well‐known indicator of atrial wall stress and remodeling, inversely correlate with body mass index. Both are strongly predictive of atrial fibrillation (AF). Their potential interaction in relation to incident A...

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Autores principales: Almuwaqqat, Zakaria, O'Neal, Wesley T., Norby, Faye L., Lutsey, Pamela L., Selvin, Elizabeth, Soliman, Elsayed Z., Chen, Lin Y., Alonso, Alvaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6806039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31564186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.013294