Impact of prophylactic corticosteroids on systemic inflammation after extensive atrial ablation in pigs

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Nascimento, Thais ^a   Mota, Fernanda ^a   Dos Santos, Luis Felipe ^a   De Araujo, Sérgio ^a   Okada, Mieko ^a   Franco, Marcello ^a   De Paola, Angelo ^a   Fenelon, Guilherme ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Radiofrequency ablation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING SYSTEM; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN;

EID: 84055190184     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur259     Document Type: Article

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