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Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: the issue of bias due to nonblinding

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  1. Department of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema & Abia Shahid

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Cheema, H.A., Shahid, A. Renal denervation for atrial fibrillation: the issue of bias due to nonblinding. J Hum Hypertens (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00699-5

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