Novel association between plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in a case-cohort study: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

Novel association between plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in a case-cohort study: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

Previous cross-sectional studies have suggested that biomarkers of extracellular matrix remodelling are associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), but no prospective data have yet been published. Hence, we examine whether plasma matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their inhibitors are related to incr...

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Main Authors: Rachel R Huxley, Faye L Lopez, Richard F MacLehose, John H Eckfeldt, David Couper, Catherine Leiendecker-Foster, Ron C Hoogeveen, Lin Yee Chen, Elsayed Z Soliman, Sunil K Agarwal, Alvaro Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3598956?pdf=render

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