Use of evidence-based cardiac prevention therapy among outpatients with atrial fibrillation.

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Published in Am J Med on July 01, 2013

Authors

Paul L Hess1, Sunghee Kim, Jonathan P Piccini, Larry A Allen, Jack E Ansell, Paul Chang, James V Freeman, Bernard J Gersh, Peter R Kowey, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Laine Thomas, Eric D Peterson, Gregg C Fonarow

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1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA. p.hess@duke.edu

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