HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) in heart failure is now a class I indication for patients with heart failure. Evidence supports the relationship between obesity and the incidence and recurrence of Afib.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia in clinical practice, and obesity serves as a significant risk factor for its development. The underlying mechanisms of obesity-related AF remain intri.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 18, 2024

BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia that is associated with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Through mediating MR analysis, it was found that OSA played a certain role in the causal relationship between obesity and AF, with about 6.4%

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Cancer, atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease share some common factors and interact with each other, such as obesity, aging, diabetes, and inflammation, but the potential specific mechanism is still unclear. Meanwhile, the risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been increasing with ageing.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 29, 2023

ABSTRACTAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Obesity significantly increases AF risk, both directly and indirectly, through related conditions, like hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure. However, studies on how obesity affects pharmacologic or interventional AF treatments are limited.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 10, 2025

BackgroundThe economic burden of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is substantial. Many patients with NVAF are obese and manage other health conditions requiring multiple medications. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

million Americans have atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5 percent of the population, or 10.5 tim.hodson Wed, 09/11/2024 - 15:40 Sept. million U.S. million U.S.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

BackgroundMultimorbidity is common among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and is associated with worse outcomes. Multimorbidity was defined as 2 comorbidities (heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, kidney dysfunction, moderate or severe mitral valve regurgitation, or obesity).

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), about a third of patients have a very late recurrence (VLR) of atrial fibrillation (AF), defined as an AF recurrence after being free of AF for the first year following ablation. Additional data are needed to understand which patients remain at risk for VLR.

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HeartRhythm

MARCH 12, 2024

1 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affecting more than 6 million individuals in the United States.2 2 As noted elsewhere,3 DM and AF affect a population that shares concomitant conditions such as obesity, hypertension and even heart failure (HF). of the population.1

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Aging is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). In 19-month-old mice, increases in AF inducibility are associated with an increase in the levels of the fat mass and obesity-associated (Fto) protein, and a reduction of N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) modification in atrial tissue.

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Open Heart

JULY 17, 2023

Objective Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition that occurs in the presence of comorbidities. years), obese and hypertensive cluster carrying an intermediate risk (5.9%) of incident AF. With the accumulation of comorbidities (multimorbidity), some combinations may more often occur together than others.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, is closely linked to metabolic dysfunctions, including obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. These lead to pathological changes in myocardial metabolism and mitochondrial energy metabolism, thereby aggravating AF's incidence and severity.

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HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are comorbid conditions that are increasingly prevalent and have a high socioeconomic burden. This article discusses their shared pathophysiology, focusing on the triad of hypertension, obesity, and aging.We

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

We previously reported that first-pass pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (FPI) is related to the PV isolation (PVI) durability in ablation index (AI) guided catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2023). However, the impact of obesity on FPI has been scarcely reported.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

A projected rise in heart disease and stroke – along with several key risk factors, including high blood pressure and obesity – is likely to triple related costs to $1.8 A projected rise in heart disease and stroke – along with several key risk factors, including high blood pressure and obesity – is likely to triple related costs to $1.8

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a heart arrhythmia with influences from lifestyle risk factors like alcohol use and obesity. As such, patient lifestyles have a prominent role in managing AF.

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DAIC

JULY 31, 2024

It incorporates age, body mass index (BMI), and atrial fibrillation to aid in the diagnosis of HFpEF. The newly developed HFpEF-ABA score model estimates the probability of HFpEF in individual patients based on three simple clinical variables: age, BMI, and atrial fibrillation.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They have a greater prevalence of obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Higher risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure and atrial fibrillation was noted in spinal cord injury survivors compared to controls. Survivors with severe disability had the highest risk. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023.12.010.

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Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

to 26.8%) and obesity (43.1% to 6.4%), atrial fibrillation (1.7% We projected through 2050, overall and by age and race and ethnicity, accounting for changes in disease prevalence and demographics.RESULTS:We estimate that among adults, prevalence of hypertension will increase from 51.2% in 2020 to 61.0% Diabetes (16.3%

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 12/08/2023 - 08:17 December 8, 2023 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Results from a pooled analysis of pivotal trials suggest preserved efficacy across a wide range of body weights and body-mass indices.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 6, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for significant patient morbidity, and obesity is a major contributor to AF incidence and symptom burden. This randomised study set out to examine if smartphone-based app technology could increase weight loss in a patient population with obesity and AF.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Abstract Background Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation (CA). However, the current data on weight loss interventions show inconsistent results in preventing the recurrence of AF after CA.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For ICM patients who are at the highest risk of AF detection (those with left atrial enlargement, heart failure , obesity, or prolonged QRS), the cost per QALY is reduced even further to $22,016. “In Additionally, patients with ICMs were estimated to experience a gain of 0.17 of $150,000 per QALY.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

vs. 43.6%, p=0.007), and were less often obese (34.0% Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4141940-A4141940, November 12, 2024. Compared to the no prior SSE group, those with prior SSE were less symptomatic (61.3% vs. 72.8%, p<0.001), had higher rates of diabetes (49.1% vs. 42.4%, p=0.03) and dyslipidemia (51.9%

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

million Americans have atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5 percent of the population, or 10.5 tim.hodson Wed, 09/11/2024 - 15:40 Sept. million U.S. million U.S.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome are risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is also associated with cardiomyocyte metabolic stress. We hypothesized that antidiabetic medications (ADMs) may affect AF incidence.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 7, 2024

Objectives In dyspneic patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or obesity, the diagnostic performance of NT-proBNP for acute heart failure is reduced. The diagnostic performance of ERFE is impaired in patients with AF but not patients with obesity.

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

September is National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common yet often misunderstood heart conditions. Understanding Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation is characterized by an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to poor blood flow.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Identification of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with stroke is critical for secondary stroke prevention with guideline-recommended oral anticoagulation (OAC). In the patients at highest risk of AF detection (left atrial enlargement, heart failure, obesity, or prolonged QRS), the cost/QALY was $22,016.Conclusions:ICMs

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Obesity is associated with reduced catheter ablation-induced scar formation on late-gadolinium enhancement MRI. Abstract Introduction Obesity is implicated in adverse atrial remodeling and worse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Comorbidities were more prevalent in obese patients.

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

September is National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common yet often misunderstood heart conditions. Understanding Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation is characterized by an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to poor blood flow.

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Heart Disease in 2050 – The AHA warned of massive heart disease increases by 2050, spanning CVD (+60%), diabetes (+100%), obesity (+70%), hypertension (+44%), heart failure (+66%), and stroke (+100%). AFib Wakeup Call – A JACC study suggested that atrial fibrillation is far more prevalent than many thought.

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Circulation

JANUARY 22, 2025

Optimal NT-proBNP cut points for HFpEF rule out (optimizing sensitivity) and rule in (optimizing specificity) were derived and tested, stratified by obesity and atrial fibrillation. In our study, NT-proBNP provided little value in those with AF and dyspnea because the presence of AF is by itself a robust biomarker of HFpEF.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Black History Month is a poignant backdrop to the alarming rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes, particularly among those of marginalized populations. This troubling trend has cemented the 100-year reign of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as the #1 killer in America.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

Atrial fibrillation, a common consequence of high blood pressure in Western populations, is almost unheard of in the Tsimane Tribe. For other significant risk factors, the trend is also the same, with almost nonexistent rates of obesity, abnormal glycemic control and very low rates of smoking 14. Am J Phys Anthropol.

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