High sensitivity cardiac troponin T and interleukin-6 predict adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: A rebuttal

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2913-

  Providencia R ^a,b  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84907713132     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04904.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Roldán V, Marín F, Díaz J, Gallego P, Jover E, Romera M, Manzano-Fernández S, Casas T, Valdés M, Vicente V, Lip GY. High sensitivity cardiac troponin T and interleukin-6 predict adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10: 1500-7.
2. Providência R, Paiva L, Faustino A, Botelho A, Trigo J, Casalta-Lopes J, Nascimento J, Leitão-Marques AM. Cardiac troponin I: prothrombotic risk marker in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Int J Cardiol 2012; doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.093.
3. Blackshear J, Odell J. Appendage obliteration to reduce stroke in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 755-9.