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Insights into intradialytic atrial fibrillation onset mechanisms
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To the Editor, It is with interest that we read the paper by Buiten et al1 in which the authors, using the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) remote monitoring function in patients enrolled in the ICD-2 trial, showed that haemodialysis (HD) is a trigger for atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes. The study of Buiten confirms some observations we made in the recent past. A few years ago we studied, by high-frequency electrocardiography, the effects of the HD session …
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