Relation of interleukin-6 levels and prothrombin fragment 1+2 to a point-based score for stroke risk in atrial fibrillation.
Interleukin-6 levels, but not prothrombin fragment 1 + 2, correlates with a point-based score for stroke risk in atrial fibrillation, even after oral anticogulation.
Roldán
Vanessa
V
Hematology Unit, Hospital San Vicente, Alicante, Spain.
Marín
Francisco
F
Martínez
Juan G
JG
García-Herola
Ana
A
Sogorb
Francisco
F
Lip
Gregory Y H
GY
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D011516:Prothrombin; D012306:Risk; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*
D015850:Interleukin-6; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; C029733:prothrombin fragment 1; C044183:prothrombin fragment 2; D011516:Prothrombin