Emergency department cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation.

Lancet

Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

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