Atrial Fibrillation: Biophysics, Molecular Mechanisms, and Novel Therapies
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1National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK 2Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Centre, Moscow 121552, Russia 3Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502205, India 4Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, 20090 Rozzano, Italy 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 63119, USA 6Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015