Circulating transthyretin with atrial morpho-functional phenotypes and atrial fibrillation risk, and the modifying role of BMI
Lower circulating TTR concentrations were associated with higher risk of incident AF. Exposure to low TTR and low BMI may be associated with a higher risk of AF, SVA, bradyarrhythmias, and cardiac block.
Authors
- Xuyao Han
- Gregory Y.H. Lip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-1626)
- Gary Tse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-1253)
- Jiandong Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-9033)
- Kang‐Yin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7056-6438)
- Nan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3494-5806)
- Tong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-0738)
- Jian Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-784X)
- Ziheng Jia
- Jie Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5054-4550)
Institutions
- Medical University of Białystok (PL)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (GB)
- Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04391-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81