Association Between BMI and QoL Improvement in AF Patients Following Catheter Ablation.
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چکیده
As quite a lot of data has been recently reported on the impact of body mass index (BMI) on (1.) the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) development, (2.) peri-procedural risk in pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and (3.) PVI outcome, as well as (4.) quality of life (QoL) after PVI, we would like to dedicate our review to these topics. We will try to give a general picture about the impact of obesity on AF and end our review commenting on new data specifically highlighting the association between BMI and QoL improvement in AF patients following catheter ablation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of atrial fibrillation
دوره 5 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012