Population
111 subjects including 28 patients with chronic 'stable' atrial fibrillation, 63 patients with atrial…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Endothelial damage markers may flag acute events in AF; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice pending prospective validation.
Patients with atrial fibrillation and acute cardiovascular complications show evidence of significant endothelial damage, as indicated by elevated circulating endothelial cells and soluble thrombomodulin.
Freestone et al. (2005) studied this question.
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