Open Medicine (Jan 2021)

Impact of body mass index on left atrial dimension in HOCM patients

  • Zhou Yue,
  • Yu Miao,
  • Cui Jingang,
  • Liu Shengwen,
  • Yuan Jiansong,
  • Qiao Shubin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0224
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 207 – 216

Abstract

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Substantial studies have demonstrated that left atrial (LA) enlargement was a robust predictor of atrial fibrillation (AF) and obesity was a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of body mass index (BMI) on LA dimension in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) remains unclear.

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