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Occurrence of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation in non-ambulatory patients: a retrospective study in primary care setting
Carmine Sellitto
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- General Practitioner and Business Council ASL Naples 1, Italy
- School of Medicine, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Section of Human Anatomy, University
of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
- National Secretary, Italian Federation of General Practitioners, Rome, Italy
- Director U.O.C. Primary Care, ASL Naples 1, Italy
- General Practitioner, ASL Naples 1, Italy
- Board of the Italian Federation of General Practitioners, Naples, Italy
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, Unit of Pharmacology, University
of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(2): 228–230
Online publish date: 2024/06/17
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