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AF-CHF: Even in Heart Failure, Rate-Control Strategy Best for Atrial Fibrillation
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Title AF-CHF: Even in Heart Failure, Rate-Control Strategy Best for Atrial Fibrillation
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576357?src=rss
Description The Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure trial confirms the advantages of rate control vs rhythm control for atrial fibrillation in a population for whom it had still been an open issue. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jun 21, 2008
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