Usefulness of Tissue Doppler Imaging-Derived Atrial Conduction Time for Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation.

Circ J

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University.

Published: August 2016

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