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Editorial
. 2013 Oct 15;128(16):1724-6.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005837. Epub 2013 Sep 12.

Oxidative stress and atrial fibrillation: finding a missing piece to the puzzle

Kai-Chien Yang  1 , Samuel C Dudley Jr
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Editorial

Oxidative stress and atrial fibrillation: finding a missing piece to the puzzle

Kai-Chien Yang et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; NADPH oxidase; arrhythmias, cardiac; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type 2; oxidative stress.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: SCD is an inventor of 7,550,299 Method for predicting onset/risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), 8,003,324 Modulation of sodium channels by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, 11/882,627 Method for predicting onset/risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), 12/929,786 Method for Modulating or Controlling Sodium Channel Current by Reactive Oxygen Species, 13/032,629 Activation of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) and Sudden Cardiac Death, 13/551,790 Method for Ameliorating or Preventing Arrhythmic Risk Associated with Renin-Angiotensin System Activation, and 13/507,319 Method for Modulating or Controlling Connexin 43 (Cx43) Level of a Cell. There is no disclosure for KCY.

Comment on

  • Oxidized Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II triggers atrial fibrillation.
    Purohit A, Rokita AG, Guan X, Chen B, Koval OM, Voigt N, Neef S, Sowa T, Gao Z, Luczak ED, Stefansdottir H, Behunin AC, Li N, El-Accaoui RN, Yang B, Swaminathan PD, Weiss RM, Wehrens XH, Song LS, Dobrev D, Maier LS, Anderson ME. Purohit A, et al. Circulation. 2013 Oct 15;128(16):1748-57. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003313. Epub 2013 Sep 12. Circulation. 2013. PMID: 24030498 Free PMC article.

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