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. 2019 Dec;16(12):902-904.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.12.009.

Electrical cardioversion for supraventricular arrhythmias in octagenarians

Felipe L Malafaia  1 , Patrícia O Guimarães  1 , Márcio C Sampaio  1 , Pedro G M de Barros E Silva  1 , Renato D Lopes  2 , Juliano V Custódio  1 , Miguel da S Diniz  1 , José C T Garcia  1 , Valter Furlan  1
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Electrical cardioversion for supraventricular arrhythmias in octagenarians

Felipe L Malafaia et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2019 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Octagenarians.

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