Iron deficiency and hematinic deficiencies in atrial fibrillation: A new insight into comorbidities

• Main Authors: Muhammed Keskin (Author), Dilek Ural (Author), Servet Altay (Author), Onur Argan (Author), Edibe Betül Börklü (Author), Ömer Kozan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency, and iron metabolism becomes further deteriorated in the presence of certain conditions, such as heart failure (HF). Atrial fibrillation (AF) has many similarities to HF, including a chronic inflammatory pathophysiology; howev...