Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Past, present and future
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Gregory Y. H. Lip1,2,3; Ben Freedman4,5; Raffaele De Caterina6; Tatjana S. Potpara 3,7 1Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; 2Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia; 4Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; 5Department of Cardiology and Anzac Research Institute, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia; 6G. d’Annunzio” University and Center of Excellence on Aging – CeSI-Met, Chieti, Italy; 7Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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