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Sequence of electrical activation, atrial remodelling and atrial fibrillation in patients with nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Radosiaw LenarczykThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.Correspondence[email protected]
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Oskar KowalskiThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Patrycja Pruszkowska-SkrzepThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Jacek KowalczykThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Teresa ZielinskaThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Witold StrebThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Joanna Stabryla-DeskaThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Lech PolonskiThird Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Zbigniew KalarusThe First Department of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
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Pages 599-606 | Received 30 Jan 2007, Accepted 21 Aug 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017

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