Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 1007-1008 , July 2009

Atrial fibrillation in atrial septal defects: A problem of right atrium or left atrium?

  • Jiunn-Lee Lin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jiunn-Lee Lin, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital; 7, Chun-Shan South Rd, Taipei, Taiwan ROC

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00442-1

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.04.018

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 1007-1008 , July 2009

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