Is epicardial adipose tissue thickness associated with sympathovagal imbalance as measured by heart rate variability and turbulence?
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is associated with sympathovagal imbalance, suggesting a potential arrhythmogenic role beyond atrial fibrillation.
Sympathovagal imbalance, detected by HRV and HRT parameters, is related to EAT thickness. As sympathovagal imbalance is a predictor of arrhythmic events, EAT may play an important arrhythmogenic role not limited to atrial fibrillation.
Balcıoğlu et al. (Tue,) studied this question.