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How to convert recent-onset
atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm? Efficacy and safety of different drug protocols
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Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi,
Alessandro Capucci*, Gianluca Botto**, Tiziana Broffoni**, Maurizio Ongari°, Giuseppe
Trisolino°°°, Ida Rubino°°, Mario Sanguinetti°°, Angelo Branzi, Bruno Magnani.
Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna; *Civil Hospitals Piacenza,
**Como, °Porretta, °°Lugo, °°°Dept. of Emergency, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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