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Diabetes: An Independent Risk Factor for AF
Link ID 18945
Title Diabetes: An Independent Risk Factor for AF
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709637?src=rss
Description Atrial fibrillation was more likely to develop in diabetics than in nondiabetics in a new observational study, and the link was particularly strong in women. Heartwire
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Date Sep 30, 2009
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