Epicardial Fat, Paracrine-mediated Inflammation and Atrial Fibrillation

Epicardial Fat, Paracrine-mediated Inflammation and Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent arrhythmia in adults, becoming more frequent with age. Recent clinical studies demonstrated that epicardial fat is linked with atrial fibrillation induction and recurrence. The arrhythmogenic mechanism consists in the fact that the epicardial adipose tissue i...

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Main Authors: Rat Nora, Mitre Adriana, Korodi Szilamér, Benedek István, Lázár Erzsébet, Kéri Johanna, Pakucs Annamária
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
pericardial fat
inflammation
noninvasive cardiac imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0090

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0090

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