Atrial Fibrillation, Past and Future: From a Stroke Non-Entity to an Over-Targeted Cause
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Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Past, present and future
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebrovascular Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1015-9770,1421-9786
DOI: 10.1159/000488063