Symptoms and Functional Status of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
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Letter regarding article, "Symptoms and functional status of patients with atrial fibrillation: state of the art and future research opportunities".
Letter Regarding Article, “Symptoms and Functional Status of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: State of the Art and Future Research Opportunities” To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Rienstra et al1 on symptoms and functional status of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). In their article the authors reviewed in a very systematic and elegant way the current knowledge o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.069450