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Editorial
. 2023 Nov 15:26:102081.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102081.

The Silent Player: Adipose Tissue's Connection with Ventricular Arrhythmias

Maryam Mojarrad Sani  1 , Jonathan Chrispin  1
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Editorial

The Silent Player: Adipose Tissue's Connection with Ventricular Arrhythmias

Maryam Mojarrad Sani et al. JACC Case Rep. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Chrispin has received consulting fees from Biosense Webster and honorarium from Abbott. Dr Mojarrad Sani has reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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Fat and Ventricular Tachycardia Adapted from Ichikawa et al and Alexopoulos et al. AF = atrial fibrillation; EAT = epicardial adipose tissue; GLP-1RA = GLP-1 receptor agonists; MI = myocardial infarction; VT = ventricular tachycardia.
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