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Calcium-channel-blockers and efficacy of external cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation. Prevention of electrical remodeling?
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Giovanni Luca Botto, Roberto Bonatti, Giuseppe De Nittis, Mario Susta, Franco Tettamanti, Alessandro Politi, Tiziana Broffoni, Giovanni Ferrari.
Department of Cardiology, S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy
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