USE OF ORAL STEROID AND ITS EFFECTS ON ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AND INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES POST ABLATION - THE STEROID AF STUDY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL

Authors :: Donita Atkins
Sudharani Bommana
Melissa Jaeger
Muhammad R. Afzal
Linda Umbarger
Martin Emert
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Madhu Reddy
Johnson Rajasingh
Luigi Di Biase
Sandia Iskandar
Andrea Natale
James L. Vacek
Rhea Pimentel
Raghuveer Dendi
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:674
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: To evaluate the impact of pre-procedural oral prednisone on inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, Interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and IL-8) levels and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation in patients with paroxysmal AF. A total of 60 patients with paroxysmal AF undergoing AF ablation were randomized (

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