Journal article
Pericardial Fat Is Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Severity and Ablation Outcome
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize the relationship between pericardial fat and atrial fibrillation (AF).
BACKGROUND: Obesity is an important risk factor for AF. Pericardial fat has been hypothesized to exert local pathogenic effects on nearby cardiac structures above and beyond that of systemic adiposity.
Authors
Wong CX; Abed HS; Molaee P; Nelson AJ; Brooks AG; Sharma G; Leong DP; Lau DH; Middeldorp ME; Roberts-Thomson KC
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 57, No. 17, pp. 1745–1751
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.045
ISSN
0735-1097