Excessive interatrial adiposity is associated with left atrial remodeling, augmented contractile performance in asymptomatic population

Purpose: Pericardial adipose tissue had been shown to exert local effects on adjacent cardiac structures. Data regarding the mechanistic link between such measures and left atrial (LA) structural/functional remodeling, a clinical hallmark of early stage heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF...

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Main Authors: Yau-Huei Lai, Chun-Ho Yun, Cheng-Huang Su, Fei-Shih Yang, Hung-I Yeh, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Tung-Hsin Wu, Ricardo C Cury, Hiram G Bezerra, Chung-Lieh Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:Echo Research and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.echorespract.com/content/3/1/5.full