Antithrombotic treatment in real-life atrial fibrillation patients: a report from the Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation.

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Published in Eur Heart J on May 26, 2006

Authors

Robby Nieuwlaat1, Alessandro Capucci, Gregory Y H Lip, S Bertil Olsson, Martin H Prins, Fred H Nieman, José López-Sendón, Panos E Vardas, Etienne Aliot, Massimo Santini, Harry J G M Crijns, Euro Heart Survey Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. r.nieuwlaat@cardio.azm.nl

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