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Searching for atrial fibrillation: looking harder, looking longer, and in increasingly sophisticated ways. An EHRA position paper

. 2023 Feb 08 ; 25 (1) : 185-198.

Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print

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Amsterdam University Medical Centers Amsterdam The Netherlands

Cardiology Division Department of Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Policlinico di Modena Modena Italy

Clinic and Policlinic for Cardiology University Hospital Leipzig Leipzig Germany

Department of Arrhythmology Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS Milan Italy

Department of Cardiology 2 University Hospital Münster Münster Germany

Department of Cardiology and Electrophysiology Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg Vivalia Arlon Belgium

Department of Cardiology Cantonal Hospital CH 1211 Geneva Switzerland

Department of Cardiology Charité University Medicine Campus Virchow Klinikum 13353 Berlin Germany

Department of Cardiology DMS in Zabrze Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland

Department of Cardiology Electrophysiology Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands

Department of Cardiology Erasme Hospital Brussels Belgium

Department of Cardiology Silesian Center for Heart Diseases Zabrze Poland

Department of Cardiology St Antonius Hospital Utrecht The Netherlands

Department of Cardiology University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg Germany

Department Of Cardiology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands

Department of Clinical Medicine Aalborg University Aalborg Denmark

Department of Electrophysiology Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany

Department of Invasive Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital Sofia Bulgaria

Department of Medical Science and Cardiology Uppsala University Hospital S 751 85 Uppsala Sweden

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Palacky University in Olomouc Czech Republic

Faculty of Medicine Institute of Pharmacology University Duisburg Essen Essen Germany

Klinika Kardiologie IKEM Prague Czech Republic

Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Liverpool UK

University Clinic of Munster Munster Germany

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