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Atrial fibrillation during adenosine pharmacologic stress testing

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd PCMH, TA Room 340, 27834, Greenville, NC

    Matthew Cummings, Jaffar Raza & Assad Movahed

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Cummings, M., Raza, J. & Movahed, A. Atrial fibrillation during adenosine pharmacologic stress testing. J Nucl Cardiol 13, 576–581 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.05.006

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