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Controversy Regarding the Beneficial Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 356 Syggrou Ave, 176 74, Athens, Greece

    Michael Spartalis

  2. Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Diamantis I. Tsilimigras & Eleftherios Spartalis

  3. Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Demetrios Moris

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Spartalis, M., Tsilimigras, D.I., Moris, D. et al. Controversy Regarding the Beneficial Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation. OBES SURG 28, 2058–2059 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3271-3

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