ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Sex Differences in Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Association With Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Outcomes.
Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Sex-based disparities in postoperative outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity-matched studies.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Mediastinal adipose tissue as an active player in cardiovascular disease: a multimodality imaging narrative review.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Review
- Impact of Pericardial Fat on Intracardiac Atrial Impedance and Generator Impedance.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Global Burden of Disease 2021.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Quantitative CT assessment of intrathoracic visceral fat depots and their association with incident heart failure in asymptomatic adults.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Female sex is an independent risk factor for recurrence after ethanol Marshall bundle elimination in atrial fibrillation ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Automatic epicardial adipose tissue segmentation in pulmonary computed tomography venography using nnU-Net.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in Atrial Fibrillation.Current cardiology reports · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: There are significant differences in the prevalence and prognosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) between sexes. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been found as a risk factor for AF. This study aimed to evaluate whether sex-based EAT differences were correlated with AF recurrence and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Methods: In this study, postmenopausal women and age, BMI, and type of AF matched men who had received first catheter ablation were included. EAT volume was quantified based on the pre-ablation cardiac computed tomography (CT) images. Clinical, CT, and echocardiographic variables were compared by sex groups. The predictors of AF recurrence and MACE were determined through Cox proportional hazards regression. Results: Women were found with significantly lower total EAT volumes ( Conclusion: Women had a higher P/T EAT ratio and AF post-ablation recurrence but similar MACE as compared with men. Female gender and P/T EAT ratio were found to be independent predictors of AF recurrence, whereas age and periatrial EAT volume were found to be independent predictors of MACE.
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