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European Heart Journal 2001 22(7):541-553; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2441
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Update on atrial remodelling owing to rate. Does atrial fibrillation always ‘beget’ atrial fibrillation?

C Pandozif1 and M Santini

Department of Cardiology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy

revised August 31, 2000; accepted September 6, 2000

Key Words: Atrial fibrillation, electrophysiological remodelling, structural remodelling

f1 Correspondence: Claudio Pandozi, MD, Via Madonna di Fatima 22, 00147, Roma, Italy.

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