Autoantibodies in atrial fibrillation: Actor, biomaker or bystander?

Autoimmunity

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-472

  Baba, Akiyasu ^a   Fu, Michael ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti heat shock protein; Anti M2 muscarinic receptor; Anti myosin autoantibody; Atrial fibrillation; Autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN ANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYOSIN ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE MARKER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC MYOSINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2;

EID: 51849130737     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930802031504     Document Type: Article

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