Relationship between serum level of CD40 ligand and persistent lone atrial fibrillation

• Main Authors: Evin Bozçalı (Author), Veli Polat (Author), Gönül Kutlu (Author), Selçuk Opan (Author), Nurcan Paker (Author), Turgut Uygun (Author), Barış Ökçün (Author), Osman Karakaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Inflammation is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation. The relationship between CD40 ligand (CD40L), a prothrombotic and proinflammatory molecule, and lone atrial fibrillation was presently investigated for the first time. Levels of serum CD40L were also tested...