Uric acid elevation in atrial fibrillation: Is it simply an epiphenomenon or not?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 869-

  Koza, Yavuzer ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; URIC ACID;

EID: 84903301044     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.215     Document Type: Article

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