Why the study?
Does epicardial adipose tissue thickness measured by transthoracic echocardiography predict recurrence of atrial arrhythmias after catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Population
283 patients (227 paroxysmal AF and 56 non-paroxysmal AF) receiving catheter ablations from 2008-2010
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
16 ± 9 months
Authors
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May aid pre-ablation risk stratification in AF; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Does epicardial adipose tissue thickness measured by transthoracic echocardiography predict recurrence of atrial arrhythmias after catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness measured by routine transthoracic echocardiography is an independent predictor of arrhythmia recurrence following atrial fibrillation ablation.
Chao et al. (2013) studied this question.
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