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Inflammation and Infection: Underestimated Causes of Atrial Fibrillation?

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  1. Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Arrhythmia Centre, Policlinico MultiMedica, Sesto S. Giovanni (Milan), Italy

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Montenero, A.S. (2006). Inflammation and Infection: Underestimated Causes of Atrial Fibrillation?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0371-7_7

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