Associations between waist circumference, central obesity, and the presence of non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure

CONCLUSIONS: Our research found that WC is related to the presence of heart failure in the patients with NYAF and can predict the presence of NVAF with heart failure. Our findings may help to improve the treatment and care strategies of NVAF individuals with abdominal obesity.PMID:38617752 | PMC:PMC11009574 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-24-170

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - April 15, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bing Wang Xinglin Yang Bo Wei Tingting Ren Niwen Huang Carlos Escobar Philip Y K Pang Xingde Liu Haiyan Zhou Source Type: research