Inflammation in lone atrial fibrillation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-98

  Yao, Shu Yuan ^a   Chu, Jian Min ^a   Chen, Ke Ping ^a   Tang, Min ^a   Fang, Pi Hua ^a   Wang, Fang Zheng ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; C reactive protein; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349911975     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20290     Document Type: Article

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