A beneficial effect of 3-year spironolactone therapy supplementing atenolol therapy on the remodeling of atria and ventricles in a patient with permanent atrial fibrillation

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-173

  Dąbrowski, Rafał ^a   Sosnowski, Cezary ^a   Michalak, Ewa ^a   Szwed, Hanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 62949245618     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0229-4     Document Type: Article

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