Pericardial Fat is Associated with Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Obesity represents an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). We tested the hypothesis that pericardial fat, a unique fat deposit in close anatomic proximity to cardiac structures and autonomic fibers, is associated with prevalent AF. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants from th...

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Autores principales: Thanassoulis, George, Massaro, Joseph M., O’Donnell, Christopher J., Hoffmann, Udo, Levy, Daniel, Ellinor, Patrick T., Wang, Thomas J., Schnabel, Renate B., Vasan, Ramachandran S., Fox, Caroline S., Benjamin, Emelia J.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953855/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20558845
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.109.912055
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