1. Iron Deficiency and Hematinic Changes in Atrial Fibrillation; A New Insight
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Ömer Kozan, Servet Altay, Onur Argan, Muhammed Keskin, Dilek Ural, and Edibe Betül Börklü
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,biology ,business.industry ,Anemia ,Transferrin saturation ,Atrial fibrillation ,Iron deficiency ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Ferritin ,03 medical and health sciences ,Heart failure ,Internal medicine ,biology.protein ,Medicine ,Hematinic ,Vitamin B12 ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
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; however, the prevalence of ID and other hematinic deficiencies in AF patients have not been determined. METHODS In this study, the prevalence of iron (serum ferritin
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- 2018