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[Autoantibodies: new upstream targets of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with congestive heart failure].

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2002

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Akiyasu Baba, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Masao Chino, Akira Murayama, Kazuhiko Mitani, Susumu Nakagawa, Isao Fujii, Megumi Shimada, Takashi Koyama, Makoto Akaishi,
PubMed

Abstract

Autoantibodies against sarcolemmal Na-K-ATPase were closely related to the occurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with congestive heart failure, so an autoimmune process may be an upstream factor in atrial fibrillation.