Atrial fibrillation: A moving target
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Atrial fibrillation: a moving target.
Present atrial fibrillation research focuses on three different fields of interest: Basic research to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms leading to atrial fibrillation, epidemiological studies to learn about the time course, the risk factors and the complications of atrial fibrillation, and clinical trials to further improve existing treatment strategies and develop new ones. The foc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14078