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Myocardial Fibrosis and the Risk of Recurrence in Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine
Volume 1 (2016): Issue 3 (December 2016)
By: István Kovács,  András Mester,  Lehel Bordi,  Alexandra Stănescu,  Sebastian Condrea,  Monica Chiţu,  Annabell Benedek and  Imre Benedek  
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|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0067 | Journal eISSN: 2501-8132 | Journal ISSN: 2501-5974
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Language: English
Page range: 259 - 262
Submitted on: Oct 12, 2016
Accepted on: Nov 7, 2016
Published on: Dec 29, 2016
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
atrial fibrillation,
cardiac MRI,
atrial fibrosis,
catheter ablation
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2016 István Kovács, András Mester, Lehel Bordi, Alexandra Stănescu, Sebastian Condrea, Monica Chiţu, Annabell Benedek, Imre Benedek, published by Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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