The vernakalant story: how did it come to approval in Europe and what is the delay in the U.S.A?

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Published in Curr Cardiol Rev on November 01, 2014

Authors

A John Camm1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom. jcamm@sgul.ac.uk.

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