Rate versus rhythm control - An open and shut case?

HeartDrug

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-126

  Tomaselli, Gordon F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0344826514     PISSN: 14229528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073238     Document Type: Editorial

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