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Misconceptions on Interpretation of Risk Prediction Tools in Atrial Fibrillation
Peter Brønnum Nielsen1, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen1, Gregory Y H Lip2
1Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
The American Journal of Medicine
|April 30, 2016
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