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Atrial Fibrillation and Hypercoagulability: Dependent on Clinical Factors or/and on Genetic Alterations?

Authors :
Georgios Bourikas
Zarifis Kartasis
Dimitrios I. Hatseras
Dimitrios Stakos
Konstantinos Tsatalas
Eleni Hatzinikolaou-Kotsakou
Maria E Kotsakou
Dimitrios Tziakas
Athanasios Hotidis
Source :
Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 16:155-161
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2003.

Abstract

It is well known that atrial fibrillation is associated with high incidence of thromboembolic events, propably due to a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state. However, it is unclear whether or not there is any difference of this prothrombotic state in the clinical subgroups of atrial fibrillation patients, that is, in those with paroxysmal, persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation. From the other side the role of the arrhythmia duration on the changes of coagulative variables in atrial fibrillation patients is not clearly enough.

Details

ISSN :
09295305
Volume :
16
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3a9aa04d9fb4703e7c7a9fd4af87cb62
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1023/b:thro.0000024053.45693.fc