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European Heart Journal 2001 22(16):1512-1514; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2615
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Letters to the Editor

Effects of oral sotalol administration before electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation

H.H. Veloso

Santa Casa de Misericordia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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