New inflammatory predictors for non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-89

  Acet, Halit ^a   Ertaş, Faruk ^a   Akil, Mehmet Ata ^a   Oylumlu, Mustafa ^a   Polat, Nihat ^a   Yildiz, Abdulkadir ^a   Bilik, Mehmet Zihni ^a   Yüksel, Murat ^a   Kaya, Zeynettin ^b   Ülgen, Mehmet Siddik ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEVLANA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epicardial fat thickness; Left atrial enlargement; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Non valvular atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILS; ODDS RATIO; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899090472     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0317-4     Document Type: Article

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