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Racial Differences in Incidence and Clinical Course of Atrial Fibrillation and What Remains to be Investigated

Published:2015-01-27 Issue:2 Volume:9 Page:
ISSN:1932-9520
Container-title:Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep

Author:

Prineas Ronald J.,Soliman Elsayed Z.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12170-014-0433-2.pdf

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