Short Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated with Cardioembolic Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 863-865

  Allende, Mikel ^a   Molina, Eva ^a   González Porras, José Ramón ^b   Toledo, Estefaniá ^c   Lecumberri, Ramón ^d   Hermida, José ^a  

^a IdiSNA Navarra Institute for Health Research   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; diabetes mellitus; heart failure; leukocytes; stroke

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; EMBOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84959545541     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011837     Document Type: Article

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