Effects of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Soluble P-Selectin, Von Willebrand Factor and IL-6 in the Peripheral and Cardiac Circulation

• Jelena Kornej ,

  * E-mail: jelena.kornej@gmx.de

  Affiliations University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany, University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Borislav Dinov,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Andrew D. Blann,

  Affiliation University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Sascha Rolf,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Arash Arya,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Josephine Schmidl,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Daniela Husser,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Gerhard Hindricks,

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Andreas Bollmann ,

  ¶AB and GYHL are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Gregory Y. H. Lip

  ¶AB and GYHL are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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