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Role of inflammation in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation and the protective effect of atorvastatin in a goat model of aseptic pericarditis

The present study was designed to determine the association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and inflammation in a goat sterile pericarditis model and to assess the effect of atorvastatin, a cholesterol-reducing drug, on AF. A total of 15 adult male goats were randomly divided into control, untreate...

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Autores principales: ZHANG, YE, WANG, YU-TANG, SHAN, ZHAO-LIANG, GUO, HONG-YANG, GUAN, YUAN, YUAN, HONG-TAO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25524260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.3116