The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and P wave and QT dispersions

• Main Authors: Yüksel Çiçek (Author), Sıtkı Doğan (Author), Murtaza Emre Durakoğlugil (Author), Akif Serhat Balcıoğlu (Author), Turan Erdoğan (Author), Ömer Şatıroğlu (Author), Zakir Karadağ (Author), Hakan Duman (Author), Mehmet Bostan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) secretes various proinflammatory and atherogenic mediators that have several endocrine and paracrine effects on heart. This study investigated the influence of EAT on QT and P wave dispersions (QTd, PWd), as simple, non-invasive tools of proarrhythmia on su...