Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 14 No. 7-8, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2019.174
Obesity and atrial fibrillation
Juraj Jug
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirna Čilić
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Lovrić Benčić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-6120
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Matovinović
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ingrid Prkačin
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
As a health disorder, obesity is associated with many chronic diseases. Most study results indicate a positive association between pathophysiological processes in persons with excess
body weight and the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), AF complications, and treatment success. Increased cardiac volume load in obesity and excess accumulation of epicardial adipose tissue are
considered to be the main reasons for the development of AF. Additionally, some other conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea can influence treatment results and AF incidence. However, some studies
have reported contradicting results. The results of this study performed at the Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases at the Zagreb University Hospital Centre showed that a structured plan of body weight
loss reduced cardiometabolic risk and thus also insulin resistance as well as inflammatory processes in the body that are considered to be an important factor for the development of AF. We believe that
changing lifestyle habits, primarily through increased physical activity and reducing the sedentary lifestyle, could achieve a reduction of AF incidence in patients with increased body mass.
Keywords
obesity; atrial fibrillation; arrhythmias
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226610
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Publication date:
17.9.2019.
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