ArticleEBioMedicine2018
A U-shaped relationship of body mass index on atrial fibrillation recurrence post ablation: A report from the Guangzhou atrial fibrillation ablation registry.
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- Obesity effect on newly diagnosed and recurrent post-ablation atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024Pooled it
- Body mass index and atrial fibrillation recurrence post ablation: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of underweight and obesity on outcomes in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the obesity paradox.Clinical cardiology · 2021Pooled it
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- Risk factors for the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a meta-analysis.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
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- Physical frailty, genetic predisposition, and incident arrhythmias.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
- Association between body mass index and results of cryoballoon ablation in Korean patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the Korean Heart Rhythm Society Cryoablation registry.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Influence of body mass index on recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion.PloS one · 2023Article
- Obesity and Body Mass Components Influence Exercise Tolerance and the Course of Hypertension in Perimenopausal Women.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Article
- Metabolic Inflexibility as a Pathogenic Basis for Atrial Fibrillation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Underweight is a major risk factor for atrial fibrillation in Asian people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Article
- Malnutrition and Risk of Procedural Complications in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- The Relationship of Dehydration and Body Mass Index With the Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure Patients.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Association of Obesity Measures with Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Cryoablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity or overweight is related to worse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) following catheter ablation (CA). The role of being underweight in relation to recurrent arrhythmias post AF ablation is less certain. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the association of body mass index (BMI) with arrhythmia outcomes in AF patients undergoing CA.
methodsIn a cohort of 1410 AF patients (mean age 57.2 ± 11.6 years; 68% male) undergoing single CA, the association between BMI and AF ablation outcome was analyzed using BMI as a continuous variable and by four BMI categories (<18.5 kg/m
resultWe observed a positive association between a cut off value of BMI and risk of AF recurrence post AF ablation. BMI ≥26.36 kg/m
conclusionBMI had good predictive value for AF ablation outcomes with a cut off value of ≥26.36 kg/m
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