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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-5633</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Colomb. Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5633</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia. Oficina de Publicaciones]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-56332017000300261</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rccar.2016.11.011</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asociación del tejido adiposo epicárdico con la fibrilación auricular y su pronóstico posterior a la ablación de venas pulmonares]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atrial fibrillation and prognosis following pulmonary vein ablation]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quintero-Yepes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Viviana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duque-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abad-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Isaza-Zapata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastián]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duque-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vásquez-Trespalacios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elsa M .]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aristizábal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julián M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uribe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[William]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Alta Tecnología Médica de Antioquia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,aff4  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>261</fpage>
<lpage>268</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-56332017000300261&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-56332017000300261&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-56332017000300261&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción:  la acumulación de tejido adiposo epicárdico se asocia con obesidad y aumento en la prevalencia, severidad y recurrencia posteriores a la ablación de la fibrilación auricular. Dentro de los mecanismos implicados se considera un estado proinflamatorio que lleva al remodelamiento estructural de la aurícula y a la alteración en las propiedades electrofisiológicas de los miocitos auriculares. Hasta la fecha no se ha estudiado este fenómeno en Colombia.  Objetivo:  demostrar esta asociación en un grupo de pacientes de nuestra población a quienes se les realizó ablación de venas pulmonares por radiofrecuencia.  Materiales y métodos:  se revisaron 170 angiotomografías de corazón realizadas previamente a la ablación de venas pulmonares en pacientes con antecedente de fibrilación auricular. Los pacientes con datos incompletos fueron excluidos para el análisis, 94 fueron analizados. Se cuantificó el grosor del tejido adiposo epicárdico y en conjunto con el índice de masa corporal se analizó su relación con los subtipos de fibrilación auricular, así como recaídas luego de la ablación.  Resultados:  la mayoría de la población se encontró con sobrepeso y obesidad. Tanto los pacientes obesos como aquellos con sobrepeso, tuvieron significativamente grosor mayor de tejido adiposo epicárdico total respecto a los pacientes con índice de masa corporal normal (p = 0,01). El grosor de la grasa epicárdica fue significativamente mayor en fibrilación auricular persistente respecto a la fibrilación auricular paroxística (p = 0,01). En los pacientes que presentaron recaídas no se observó una diferencia significativa pero sí una tendencia a tener mayor tejido adiposo epicárdico total (p = 0,08). El aumento del tamaño auricular se relacionó en forma significativa con el grosor del tejido adiposo epicárdico (p = 0,05). En el análisis de regresión logística multivariable mantuvo esta relación.  Conclusiones:  el aumento del tejido adiposo epicárdico se relaciona de manera independiente con el sobrepeso y la obesidad, así como con la severidad y el pronóstico de la fibrilación auricular. Deben hacerse estudios prospectivos de cohortes en los que se evalúe y establezcan valores de corte normales para nuestra población, al igual que seguimiento a largo plazo de la evolución posterior a ablación de venas pulmonares y a intervenciones como disminución de peso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction:  Accumulation of epicardial adipose tissue is associated with obesity and an increase of prevalence, severity and recurrence following ablation of atrial fibrillation. Within the implicated mechanisms, a proinflammatory state is considered when it leads to the structural remodelling of the atrium and to the alteration of the electrophysiological properties of atrial myocytes. So far this phenomenon has not been studied in Colombia.  Motivation:  To prove the association in a group of patients of our population who underwent radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary veins.  Material and methods:  170 coronary CT angiographies were reviewed prior to the pulmonary vein ablation in patients with a history of atrial fibrillation. Patients with incomplete data were excluded from the analysis, 94 were analysed. Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and body mass index were measured, and their relationship with atrial fibrillation subtypes was assessed, as well as relapses following the ablation.  Results:  Most participants were overweight or obese. Both obese and overweight patients had a significantly thicker total epicardial adipose tissue than those with a normal body mass index (p = 0.01). The thickness of epicardial fat was significantly higher in persistent atrial fibrillation in comparison with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (p = 0.01). Patients with relapses did not show a significant difference but they did have a higher tendency to greater total epicardial adipose tissue. The increase in atrial size was significantly relates to the thickness of epicardial adipose tissue (p = 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis kept this relationship.  Conclusions:  The increase in epicardial adipose tissue is independently related to being overweight and obese, as well as to severity and prognosis of atrial fibrillation. Prospective cohort studies must be conducted where normal cut-off values for our population group are assessed and established, and the long-term progress following pulmonary vein ablation and other procedures such as weight loss surgery is followed.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fibrilación auricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tejido adiposo epicárdico]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ablación por catéter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Atrial fibrillation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Epicardial adipose tissue]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Epicardial adipose tissue thickness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Catheter ablation]]></kwd>
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