Epicardial Adiposopathy and Atrial Fibrillation

Leonardo Roever; Elmiro Santos Resende

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Epicardial Adiposopathy and Atrial Fibrillation

*Leonardo Roever^ and Elmiro Santos Resende**
Department of Clinical Research, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Corresponding Author :	Leonardo Roever Department of Clinical Research Federal University of Uberlândia Av. Pará, 1720 - Bairro Umuarama, Uberlândia 38400-902, Brazil Tel: +55348803987 E-mail: leonardoroever@hotmail.com
Received: October 20, 2015; Accepted: October 27, 2015; Published: November 04, 2015
Citation: Roever L, Resende ES (2015) Epicardial Adiposopathy and Atrial Fibrillation. Arrhythm Open Access 1:e101. doi:10.4172/atoa.1000e101
Copyright: © 2015 Roever L, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent heart rhythm disorder in clinical practice. Many conditions could predispose the development of AF such as hypertension, heart failure, valvular heart disease, aging, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, and sleep apnoea [1-6].

Kocyigit and colleagues reported a study to investigate the association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and AF recurrence after cryoballoon-based pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). A total of 249 patients (55.6 ± 10.7 years; 48.2% male; 18.5% persistent AF were followed-up for 29 months (8 months-48 months). AF after the ablation procedure was 75.9% at a median follow-up of 29 months.

Total periatrial EAT thickness (18.1 ± 6.2 vs. 14.7 ± 4.7 mm; P<0.001) was greater in patients with late AF recurrence when compared to those without. Periventricular or total EAT thickness measurements did not differ between both groups (P>0.05). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that periatrial EAT thickness (hazard ratio, 1.086; P=0.001) and left atrial volume index (hazard ratio, 1.144; P<0.001) were independent predictors for late AF recurrence. EAT thickness may serve as a beneficial parameter for prediction of AF recurrence after cryoballoonbased PVI [7].

Venteclef and colleagues examine the effects of the secretome of human EAT on the histological properties of the myocardium. Samples of EAT and subcutaneous adipose (SAT), obtained from 39 patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery, were analysed and tested in an organo-culture model of rat atria to evaluate the fibrotic properties of human fat depots.

The EAT secretome induced global fibrosis (interstitial and peripheral) of rat atria in organo-culture conditions. Activin A was highly expressed in EAT compared with SAT and promoted atrial fibrosis, an effect blocked using neutralizing antibody. Active in A levels were enhanced in patients with low left-ventricular function. In sections of human atrial and ventricular myocardium, adipose and myocardial tissues were in close contact, together with fibrosis.

The secretome from EAT promotes myocardial fibrosis through the secretion of adipo-fibrokines such as Activin A [8].EF is associated with AF. A large cohort study should be conducted to definitively determine the clinical significance of EF, its correlation with AF. Potential treatments such as lifestyle modification, ectopic fat reduction, and medications should be investigated.

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