Corticosteroids and atrial fibrillation: Risks or benefits? [4]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1785-1786

  Liu, Tong ^a   Li, Guangping ^a  

^a SECOND HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; DOSE RESPONSE; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33748790093     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.16.1785-b     Document Type: Letter

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