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Somers - Figure 36

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FIG. 36:  In addition to the data in the previous Figure, data reported in this paper by Chung and colleagues[20] show that patients with a high CRP levels are at increased risk for future development of atrial arrhythmias, particularly AF.   

Somers V. Chest 2016:00.

References

[20]

Chung MK, Martin DO, Sprecher D, et al. C-reactive protein elevation in patients with atrial arrhythmias. Inflammatory mechanisms and persistence of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2001;104:2886-2891.