Abstract

Pro-oxidant and pro-inflammatory Micro-RNAS profile as a risk factor for postoperative atrial fibrillation

Highlights

  • Review articleRodrigo L Castillo1,2*, Daniela F Henríquez, Aníbal E Méndez, Jorge G Farías and Catalina Carrasco-Pozo5 1Departamento de Medicina Interna Oriente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2Unidad de Paciente Crítico, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile 3Departamento de Fisiopatología, Programa de Ayudantes Alumnos, Facultad de Medicina Oriente Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 4Departmento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, Chile 5Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

  • The mechanisms underlying the development of complications associated with cardiac surgery are multifactorial and have been related to inflammation and oxidative stress, classically measured in the blood or plasma of patients

  • Kramer et al demonstrated an increase in the neutrophil infiltration in pericardial fluid (PF) after 4 and 48 h postcardiac surgery over PF levels at time 0

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Review article

Rodrigo L Castillo1,2*, Daniela F Henríquez, Aníbal E Méndez, Jorge G Farías and Catalina Carrasco-Pozo5 1Departamento de Medicina Interna Oriente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2Unidad de Paciente Crítico, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile 3Departamento de Fisiopatología, Programa de Ayudantes Alumnos, Facultad de Medicina Oriente Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 4Departmento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, Chile 5Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

Introduction
Participation of oxidative stress in the mechanisms inducing POAF
Mitochondrial function
Inflammation and POAF
Conclusion
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