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Nonpharmacologic stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

Orhan Onalan Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Arrhythmia Services, Division of Cardiology, 2075 Bayview Avenue, B327, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada. [email protected]
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Ilan Lashevsky Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Arrhythmia Services, Division of Cardiology, 2075 Bayview Avenue, B327, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada. [email protected]
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Adel Hamad University of Toronto, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook & Women’s College, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada . [email protected]
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Eugene Crystal Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Arrhythmia Services, Division of Cardiology, 2075 Bayview Avenue, A253, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada. [email protected]
Pages 619-633 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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