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Bericht über ein Konsensus-Papier von AFNET und EHRA

Outcome parameters for AF trials – executive summary of an AFNET-EHRA consensus conference

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  1. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik C, Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Paulus Kirchhof & Günter Breithardt

  2. Medizinische Klinik I, Kardiologie, Universität Magdeburg, Germany

    Andreas Goette

  3. Herzzentrum Leipzig, Germany

    Gerd Hindricks

  4. Medizinische Klinik II, Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Stefan Hohnloser

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    Ursula Ravens

  8. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik I, Campus Großhadern, LMU, München, Germany

    Gerhard Steinbeck

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Kirchhof, P., Goette, A., Hindricks, G. et al. Endpunkte für Studien bei Patienten mit Vorhofflimmern. Herzschr. Elektrophys. 18, 259–268 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00399-007-0581-x

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