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Editorial
. 2022 May 16:40:101050.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101050. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Undiagnosed sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation: An underutilized opportunity for antiarrhythmic management

Maartje J M Hereijgers  1 , Konstanze Betz  1 , Sami O Simons  2 , Dominik Linz  1
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Undiagnosed sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation: An underutilized opportunity for antiarrhythmic management

Maartje J M Hereijgers et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Comparison of routine sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) screening versus routine care.
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