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Meeting Report

Insights from the RCPE UK Consensus Conference on approaching the comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation

Gregory YH Lip University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK. [email protected]; University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK. [email protected]
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Scott G Ramsay Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St John’s Hospital, Livingston, UK; Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St John’s Hospital, Livingston, UK
Pages 697-700 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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