Editorial: Helicobacter pylori and atrial fibrillation: Absence of correlations

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-5

  Giovanni, Fazio ^a,b   Monica, Lunetta ^a   Valeria, Avena ^a   Egle, Corrado ^a   Sutera, Loredana ^a   Enrico, Arnone ^a   Giuseppina, Novo ^a   Salvatore, Novo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

EID: 67650927346     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328313e8bb     Document Type: Editorial

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