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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023

Metabolic Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation: Different Entities or Combined Disorders.

George E Zakynthinos, Vasiliki Tsolaki, Evangelos Oikonomou, Manolis Vavouranakis, Gerasimos Siasos, Epaminondas Zakynthinos

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

George E Zakynthinos3rd Department of Cardiology, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4444-0967
Vasiliki TsolakiCritical Care Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, 41335 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2412-5388
Evangelos Oikonomou3rd Department of Cardiology, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-0599
Manolis Vavouranakis3rd Department of Cardiology, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Gerasimos Siasos3rd Department of Cardiology, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Epaminondas ZakynthinosCritical Care Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, 41335 Larissa, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GRBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia are all clusters of an entity called "Metabolic Syndrome". The global trends of this syndrome's incidence/prevalence continue to increase reciprocally, converting it into a massive epidemic problem in the medical community. Observing the risk factors of atrial fibrillation, a medical condition that is also converted to a scourge, almost all parts of the metabolic syndrome are encountered. In addition, several studies demonstrated a robust correlation between metabolic syndrome and the occurrence of atrial fibrillation. For atrial fibrillation to develop, a combination of the appropriate substrate and a trigger point is necessary. The metabolic syndrome affects the left atrium in a multifactorial way, leading to atrial remodeling, thus providing both the substrate and provoking the trigger needed, which possibly plays a substantial role in the progression of atrial fibrillation. Due to the remodeling, treatment of atrial fibrillation may culminate in pernicious sequelae, such as repeated catheter ablation procedures. A holistic approach of the patient, with simultaneous treatment of both entities, is suggested in order to ensure better outcomes for the patients.

Indexed as

atrial fibrillationcardiometabolic syndromeinsulin resistancemetabolic syndromeobesity

Identifiers

PMID37763092
PMCPMC10533132
OpenAlexW4386250775

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Registered trials

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