Soluble E-selectin, von Willebrand factor, soluble thrombomodulin, and total body nitrate/nitrite product as indices of endothelial damage/dysfunction in paroxysmal, persistent, and permanent atrial fibrillation

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Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1253-1258

  Freestone, Bethan ^a   Chong, Aun Yeong ^a   Nuttall, Sarah ^b   Blann, Andrew D ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Coagulation; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NITRATE; NITRITE; THROMBOMODULIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD LEVEL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35448966162     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1185     Document Type: Article

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