Is epicardial fat more strongly associated with atrial fibrillation than abdominal or overall adiposity?
Epicardial fat demonstrates a stronger, graded association with atrial fibrillation compared to abdominal or overall adiposity.
Strong and graded associations were observed between increasing epicardial fat and AF. Moreover, the strength of associations of AF with epicardial fat is greater than for measures of abdominal or overall adiposity. Further studies are needed to assess the mechanisms and clinical relevance of epicardial fat.
Wong et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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