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Review
. 2010 Mar 1;2(5):222.
doi: 10.4022/jafib.222. eCollection 2010 Mar-May.

Current Perspectives: Rheumatic Atrial Fibrillation

Bhima Shankar P R  1 , Hygriv Roa B  1 , S Jaishankar  1 , M Narasimhan  1
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Review

Current Perspectives: Rheumatic Atrial Fibrillation

Bhima Shankar P R et al. J Atr Fibrillation. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Schematic diagram showing the varied scar pattern in the 5 rheumatic AF patients who underwent ablation. The overlap in numbers is due to patients having scar in more than one area. scars are coloured in red
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