A U-shaped relationship of body mass index on atrial fibrillation recurrence post ablation: A report from the Guangzhou atrial fibrillation ablation registryResearch in context

Background: Obesity or overweight is related to worse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) following catheter ablation (CA). The role of being underweight in relation to recurrent arrhythmias post AF ablation is less certain. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the associ...

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Main Authors: Hai Deng, Alena Shantsila, Pi Guo, Tatjana S. Potpara, Xianzhang Zhan, Xianhong Fang, Hongtao Liao, Yang Liu, Wei Wei, Lu Fu, Shulin Wu, Yumei Xue, Gregory Y.H. Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418303281