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Precaución con respecto a la toma de decisiones compartida ordenada por el gobierno para pacientes con fibrilación auricular

  • 0From Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH (M.C.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (D.R.H.).

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