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Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter & Myocardial Injury (video)

New research reveals that atrial fibrillation/flutter patients who have a “bump” in their troponin are likely to have structural heart disease. In this video, AJM Editor-in-Chief Joseph S. Alpert, MD, discusses findings from “Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and Myocardial Injury” by Michieli et al. You can read this article in the November 2022 issue of The American Journal of Medicine on our website amjmed.com.

 

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