Circulating progenitor cells in patients with atrial fibrillation and their relation with serum markers of inflammation and angiogenesis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Watson, Timothy ^a   Shantsila, Eduard ^a   Blann, Andrew ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STEM CELL; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; E-SELECTIN; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 77955475516     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-01-0024     Document Type: Article

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