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Reduced left atrial strain can predict stroke in atrial fibrillation – A meta-analysis

Sonali Sachdeva, R. Desai, Kartik Andi, A. Vyas, S. Deliwala, R. Sachdeva, Gautam Kumar

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2021

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Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100859 2352-9067/ 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). ⇑ Corresponding author at: Division of Cardiology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, USA. E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected] (R. Desai). Sonali Sachdeva , Rupak Desai b,⇑, Kartik Andi , Ankit Vyas , Smit Deliwala , Rajesh Sachdeva , Gautam Kumar b,f

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