Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and ablation outcome of atrial fibrillation.

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and ablation outcome of atrial fibrillation.

OBJECTIVES: Epicardial fat was closely related to atrial fibrillation (AF). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has been proposed to be a convenient imaging tool in assessing epicardial adipose tissue (EAT). The goal of the present study was to investigate whether the EAT thickness measured on TTE...

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Main Authors: Tze-Fan Chao, Chung-Lieh Hung, Hsuan-Ming Tsao, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Chun-Ho Yun, Yau-Huei Lai, Shih-Lin Chang, Li-Wei Lo, Yu-Feng Hu, Ta-Chuan Tuan, Hung-Yu Chang, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Hung-I Yeh, Tsu-Juey Wu, Ming-Hsiung Hsieh, Wen-Chung Yu, Shih-Ann Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3774729?pdf=render

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