Antioxidant vitamins in the prevention of atrial fibrillation: What is the evidence?

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kourliouros, Antonios ^d   Rasoli, Sonia ^a   Kakouros, Nicholaos ^b   Harling, Leanne ^c   Gukop, Philemon ^a   Soni, Manish ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 80053490372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/164078     Document Type: Review

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