Aortic stiffness—Is kynurenic acid a novel marker? Cross-sectional study in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

• Tomasz Zapolski ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zapolia@wp.pl

  Affiliation Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9808-8853

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• Anna Kamińska,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Cardiological Health Resort Hospital, Nałęczów, Poland

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• Tomasz Kocki,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

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• Andrzej Wysokiński,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

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• Ewa M. Urbanska

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

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