Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility in Obesity: An Excess Adiposity and Fibrosis Complicity?

Circ Res. 2016 May 13;118(10):1468-1471. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308686.
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Keywords: adipose tissue; atrial fibrillation; atrial remodeling; fibrosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adiposity / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / pathology*
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Obesity / pathology*