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Editorial
. 2007 May;93(5):542-3.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.110791.

Atrial fibrillation--the growing epidemic

Gregory Y H Lip, Puneet Kakar, Timothy Watson
Editorial

Atrial fibrillation--the growing epidemic

Gregory Y H Lip et al. Heart. 2007 May.

Abstract

See article on page 606

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