Obesity is associated with impaired long-term success of pulmonary vein isolation: a plea for risk factor management before ablation

AIMS: Obesity is an increasing health problem and is an important risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) on the safety and long-term efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for drug-refractory AF. METHODS: 414 consecut...

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Publicado no:Open Heart
Main Authors: De Maat, Gijs E, Mulder, Bart, Berretty, Wouter L, Al-Jazairi, Meelad I H, Tan, Yong E S, Wiesfeld, Ans C P, Mariani, Massimo A, Van Gelder, Isabelle C, Rienstra, Michiel, Blaauw, Yuri
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976117/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862033
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2017-000771
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