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Nature Reviews Cardiology | Published online 18 Feb 2016; doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2016.23
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IL6 and risk of atrial fibrillation in chronic kidney disease
Interleukin (IL)-6, a proinflammatory cytokine and anti-inflammatory myokine, is associated with existing and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This finding comes from an analysis of 3,762 adults with CKD in the...