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Atrial standstill in a patient with progressive severe heart failure

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    Marco R. Schroeter, Gerd Hasenfuß, Markus Zabel & Dirk Vollmann

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Schroeter, M.R., Hasenfuß, G., Zabel, M. et al. Atrial standstill in a patient with progressive severe heart failure. Clin Res Cardiol 102, 473–476 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0557-2

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