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Electric cardioversion of atrial flutter in a critically ill patient in the prone position

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands

    B. G. Fikkers & C. R. Bello

  2. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands

    A. P. J. van Dijk

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Fikkers, B., Bello, C. & van Dijk, A. Electric cardioversion of atrial flutter in a critically ill patient in the prone position. Intensive Care Med 27, 449 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340000823

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