Is inflammation linked to thrombogenesis in atrial fibrillation?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-261

  Gao, Shu Ping ^a   Deng, Xin Tao ^b   Ge, Li Jun ^a   Luan, Hong ^a   Zheng, Jin Guo ^b   Chen, Chu ^c   Jiang, Min Hui ^c   Pan, Min ^c  

^a People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui   (China)

^b Xinghua People's Hospital   (China)

^c NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Thrombogenesis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; THROMBIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVERSION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79957525571     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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