Associations of region ‐specific visceral adiposity with subclinical atrial dysfunction and outcomes of heart failure

ConclusionsVisceral adiposity surrounding atrial region was tightly associated with subclinical atrial dysfunction and incident AF or HF beyond metabolic factors. Instead, peri ‐aortic adiposity may mediate their toxic effects mainly through circulating cardiometabolic profiles.

Source: ESC Heart Failure - October 28, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bo ‐Han Huang, Shun‐Chuan Chang, Chun‐Ho Yun, Kuo‐Tzu Sung, Yau‐Huei Lai, Chi‐In Lo, Wen‐Hung Huang, Shih‐Chieh Chien, Lawrence Yu‐Min Liu, Ta‐Chuan Hung, Jen‐Yuan Kuo, Jiun‐Lu Lin, Bernard Bulwer, Charles Jia‐Yin Ho Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research