Cardiac Biomarkers Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Stroke and Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Hijazi, Ziad; Oldgren, Jonas; Andersson, Ulrika; J. Connolly, Stuart; D. Ezekowitz, Michael; H. Hohnloser, Stefan; Reilly, Paul; Vinereanu, Dragoş; Siegbahn, Agneta; Yusuf, Salim; Wallentin, Lars

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.111.038729

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Cardiac Biomarkers Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Stroke and Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Published in Circulation • Feb 29, 2012

Authors:

Ziad Hijazi

Jonas Oldgren

Ulrika Andersson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiac biomarkers are strong predictors of adverse outcomes in several patient populations. We evaluated the prevalence of elevated troponin I and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and their association to cardiovascular events in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in...

Subject

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Internal medicine

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