Atrial Fibrillation and Systemic Thromboembolism – Causal Correlation or a Message of Atrial Disease?

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  • J. Tarcísio Medeiros Vasconcelos
  • Carlos Eduardo Duarte
  • Silas dos Santos Galvão Filho

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17-01-2020

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Vasconcelos, J. T. M. ., Duarte, C. E. ., & Galvão Filho, S. dos S. . (2020). Atrial Fibrillation and Systemic Thromboembolism – Causal Correlation or a Message of Atrial Disease?. JOURNAL OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, 32(3), 200–208. Retrieved from https://jca.org.br/jca/article/view/3304

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