Healthcare resource utilization and costs associated with recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation: the FRACTAL registry.

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Published in J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol on April 19, 2007

Authors

Matthew R Reynolds1, Vidal Essebag, Peter Zimetbaum, David J Cohen

Author Affiliations

1: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Boston, MA 02215, USA. mreynold@bidmc.harvard.edu

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