The treatment of atrial fibrillation: pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies

scientific article published on February 1997

The treatment of atrial fibrillation: pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies is …
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P356DOI10.1016/S0146-2806(97)80014-X
P698PubMed publication ID9039495

P2093author name stringScheinman MM
Barron HV
Viskin S
Olgin JE
Heller K
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P433issue2
P921main subjectAtrial FibrillationQ815819
P304page(s)37-108
P577publication date1997-02-01
P1433published inCurrent Problems in CardiologyQ2153546
P1476titleThe treatment of atrial fibrillation: pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies
P478volume22

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