The goal of catheter ablation and surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation is to disconnect triggers and/or to modify the substrate for AF. Mapping and radiofrequency (RF) ablation of AF is one of the most complex ablation procedures.
Erythropoietin is produced in the kidney and liver in response to low oxygen levels. In addition, erythropoietin is bound by circulating red blood cells; low circulating numbers lead to a relatively high level of unbound erythropoietin, which stimulates production in the bone marrow.
erythropoietin. a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the kidney in the adult and by the liver in the fetus, which acts on stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production (erythropoiesis). recombinant human erythropoietin epoetin. (Ä-rith'rÅ-poy'Ä-tin), [MIM*133170].rythropoietin. A hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells by bone marrow. Mentioned in: Dialysis, Kidney. kidney-derived protein promoting erythrocyte formation within bone marrow.