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Europace 2001 3(1):2-3; doi:10.1053/eupc.2000.0148
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TREATMENT OF ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS

Internal cardioversion as a first-line method of cardioversion?

H. J. G. M. Crijns

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Groningen The Netherlands

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