Inflammatory markers according to types of atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-197

  Gedikli, Omer ^a   Dogan, Abdullah ^a   Altuntas, Irfan ^a   Altinbas, Ahmet ^a   Ozaydin, Mehmet ^a   Akturk, Onur ^a   Acar, Gurkan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447260207     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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