Oxidative stress: A possible pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 466-467

  Huang, Cong xin ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Xia, Wen fang ^b   Tang, Yan hong ^a   Huang, He ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PEROXIDE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DOG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 60449104594     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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