EAT: What role does the fat around the heart play?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology - Electrophysiology, University Heart & Vascular Centre, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Lohmühlenstr. 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: n.gosau@asklepios.com.

Editorial

Katharina Scherschel et al. Int J Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 15:301:121-122.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.08.023. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

¹ Department of Cardiology - Electrophysiology, University Heart & Vascular Centre, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Lohmühlenstr. 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: n.gosau@asklepios.com.

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Plasma FABP4 levels are associated with left atrial fat volume in persistent atrial fibrillation and predict recurrence after catheter ablation.
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