Cardiac biomarkers are associated with an increased risk of stroke and death in patients with atrial fibrillation: A randomized evaluation of long-term anticoagulation therapy (RE-LY) substudy

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1605-1616

  Hijazi, Ziad ^a   Oldgren, Jonas ^a   Andersson, Ulrika ^a   Connolly, Stuart J ^b   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^c   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^d   Reilly, Paul A ^e   Vinereanu, Dragos ^f   Siegbahn, Agneta ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^b   Wallentin, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^f CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac biomarkers; Natriuretic peptide; Risk prediction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DABIGATRAN; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84859424764     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.038729     Document Type: Article

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