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Controversial and Emerging Indication for CRT: Atrial Fibrillation

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005

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  1. Centro Aritmologico, Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedali del Tigullio, Lavagna (Genua), Italy

    M. Brignole

  2. Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque and Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux II, Bordeaux-Pessac, France

    P. Jaïs

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  1. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Umberto I, Via Circonvallazione 50, I-30174, Venezia Mestre

    Antonio Raviele MD

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Brignole, M., Jaïs, P. (2006). Controversial and Emerging Indication for CRT: Atrial Fibrillation. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0371-7_62

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