Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 834-837 , August 2001

Differential atrial stunning after electrical cardioversion: An echo tissue doppler case study

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☆ Reprint requests: Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, Division of Cardiology, Room 5341, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (E-mail: tasneem.naqvi@cshs.org).

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 834-837 , August 2001

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