Open AccessInflammatory bowel "Cardiac" disease: Point prevalence of atrial fibrillation in inflammatory bowel disease population
Author(s) -
Deepak Pattanshetty,
Kiran Anna,
Rama Dilip Gajulapalli,
RajaShekhar R Sappati-Biyyani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.166208
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , inflammatory bowel disease , population , ulcerative colitis , gastroenterology , disease , environmental health
Proinflammatory markers such as interleukin (IL)-6 have been closely associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). These markers are characteristically elevated in chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and positively correlate with disease activity. Although IBD and AF have similar pathogenesis, there have been very limited studies looking at their association. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of AF in patients with IBD.