A number of clinical studies have reported that diabetes mellitus (DM) is an independent risk
factor for Atrial fibrillation (AF). After adjustment for other known risk factors including age …

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is located between the myocardium and visceral
pericardium. The unique anatomy and physiology of the EAT determines its great potential …

Background Early detection of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with diabetes
mellitus (DM) is essential for recommending therapeutic interventions that can prevent or …

Left atrial (LA) imaging is still not routinely used for diagnosis and risk stratification, although
recent studies have emphasized its importance as an imaging biomarker. Cardiovascular …

Background Abnormal left atrial (LA) function is a marker of cardiac dysfunction and adverse
cardiovascular outcome, but is difficult to assess, and hence not, routinely quantified. We …

Obesity increases the risk of heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Left atrial (LA) dysfunction is
increasingly recognized as a mediator of cardiovascular disease. Early effects of obesity on …

Background As body fat composition and metabolism differ between men and women, we
evaluated sex-related differences in the association among epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome with
various comorbidities, multiple cardiac and extracardiac pathophysiologic abnormalities …

Accumulating evidence suggests that ectopic/visceral adiposity may play a key role in the
pathogenesis of nonischaemic cardiovascular diseases associated with type 2 diabetes …

Although increasing evidence suggests that epicardial adipose tissue volume (EATV) is
associated with post-ablation atrial fibrillation (AF), ranges of EATV predictive of post …