Evaluation of Patients with Angiographically-Confirmed Coronary Artery Disease to Investigate the Association Between Epicardial Fat Thickness and Atrial Fibrillation

26 May 2022 : Clinical Research

Xiaoxia Xu^1ABF, Qina Zhou^2CDE, Zhongyuan Ren^3BF, Fengdan Wang^3BC, Yixin Chen^3BD, Hui Sun^3ADFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936446

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936446

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Table 2 The vessel location and severity of coronary artery stenosis.

	CAD+AF group (n=83)	CAD group (n=116)	P-value
Vessel location
LAD	61 (73.5%)	89 (76.7%)	0.360
LCX	34 (40.1%)	28 (24.1%)	0.009
RCA	22 (26.5%)	42 (36.2%)	0.098
Three vessels	8 (9.6%)	9 (7.8%)	0.412
Severity of coronary artery stenosis
Mild	3 (3.6%)	12 (10.3%)	0.062
Moderate	33 (39.8%)	33 (28.4%)
Severe	37 (44.6%)	48 (41.4%)
Blocking	9 (10.8%)	23 (19.8)
CAD – coronary artery diseases; AF – atrial fibrillation; LCX – left circumflex artery; LAD – left anterior descending; RCA – right coronary artery.

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