Opposite relations of epicardial adipose tissue to left atrial size in paroxysmal and permanent atrial fibrillation.
Stavroula N PsychariDionysios TsoukalasDimitrios VarvarousisAnastasios PapaspyropoulosEleni GkikaAthanasios KotsakisIoannis A ParaskevaidisEfstathios K IliodromitisPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2018)
Opposite associations of epicardial adipose tissue with left atrial size in paroxysmal and permanent Atrial fibrillation and elevated inflammatory markers, suggest a role of epicardial adipose tissue and inflammation in the fibrotic and remodeling process.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- adipose tissue
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- insulin resistance
- high fat diet
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- oxidative stress
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- systemic sclerosis
- type diabetes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- skeletal muscle