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Treatment of atrial fibrillation in the elderly: time for a change?

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Acknowledgements

This study is financially supported by St Jude Medical.

The unpublished data from the Euro Heart Survey on AF provided by Prof. Dr. HJGM Crijns are gratefully accepted.

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Dekker, L.R.C. Treatment of atrial fibrillation in the elderly: time for a change?. Neth Heart J 19, 403–404 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-011-0194-1

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