Biomarkers in atrial fibrillation: An overview

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 434-443

  Vilchez J A ^a   Roldan V ^b   Hernandez Romero D ^a   Valdes M ^a   Lip, G Y H ^c   Marin F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL STRESS; CELL WALL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD; RISK FACTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897067762     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12304     Document Type: Review

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