title: Author's reply: To PMID 24268420.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazım Serhan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey. Electronic address: drbarisgungor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altay
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Damirbek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osmonov
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekmekçi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Özpamuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuğba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kemaloğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülşah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tayyareci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul 34087, Turkey.
authors.forename: İzzet
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Erdinler
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052243:Resistin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D052243:Resistin