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. 1972 Dec;34(12):1215–1224. doi: 10.1136/hrt.34.12.1215

Electrical conversion of atrial flutter to atrial fibrillation. Flutter mechanism in man.

T E Guiney, B Lown
PMCID: PMC487061  PMID: 4647094

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