Limitations of Administrative Data for Examining Secondary Atrial Fibrillation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2405-500X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.12.021