© 2001 by European Society of Cardiology
EDITORIAL
A novel use of cardiac pacing to improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure and permanent atrial fibrillation
*Department of Cardiology and Arrhythmologic Centre, Ospedali Riuniti Lavagna, Italy;
Department of Cardiolvascular Medicine, University of Birmingham Birmingham, U.K
Correspondence: M. Brignole, Department of Cardiology and Arrhythmologic Centre, Ospedali Riuniti, Via don Bobbio, 16032 Lavagna, Italy. E-mail: mbrignole{at}ASL4.liguria.it
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