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Original Research: Cardiology

Seasonal variations in admissions for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in the Northeast and the Midwest regions of the United States

Dae Yong Parka Department of Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-7452
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Gianfranco Bittar-Carlinia Department of Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-9015
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Manoj Kumara Department of Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-1341
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Yasser Jamilb Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-5853-4538
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Michael G. Nannac Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5745-1636
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Pages 560-568 | Received 19 Jan 2024, Accepted 01 Apr 2024, Published online: 02 May 2024

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