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. 2023 Nov;10(Suppl 3):5-7.
doi: 10.7861/fhj.10-3-s5.

Higher incidence of new atrial fibrillation in hospitalised COVID-19 patients compared to lower respiratory tract infection, however, less patients anticoagulated at discharge

Elizabeth Cattermole  1 , Isuru Induruwa  2 , Colver NeKenHowe  1 , Christopher Paisey  1 , Kayvan Khadjooi  1
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Higher incidence of new atrial fibrillation in hospitalised COVID-19 patients compared to lower respiratory tract infection, however, less patients anticoagulated at discharge

Elizabeth Cattermole et al. Future Healthc J. 2023 Nov.
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