Atrial fibrillation and inflammation: Quest for the missing link in the etiopathogenesis of AF

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-156

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDITIS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6;

EID: 74449086154     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.10.027     Document Type: Editorial

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