Is there any relationship between RDW levels and atrial fibrillation in hypertensive patient?

• DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i1.41
• Publication Date: 2014-04-09T13:53:30Z
• Authors: Savas Sarıkaya; Şafak Şahin; Lütfi Akyol; Elif Börekçi; Yunus Keser Yılmaz; Fatih Altunkaş; Kayıhan Karaman
• Keywords: Stroke

IntroductionAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and increases risk of stroke death.Several atherosclerotic factors, such as obesity, diabetes hypertension, are associated with development AF. (1-3) Many studies have shown that individuals hypertension an increased developing atrial compared normotensive individuals.(4-6)Several inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) , interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, IL-8, monocyte chemo attractant