Disease–treatment interactions in the management of patients with obesity and diabetes who have atrial fibrillation: the potential mediating influence of epicardial adipose tissue
Abstract Both obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), possibly because they both cause an expansion of epicardial adipose tissue, which is the source of proinflammatory adipocytokines that can lead to microvascular dysfunction and fibrosis of the underlyi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Cardiovascular Diabetology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0927-9 |