Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Biomarkers and Atrial Fibrillation Substrate: Are they Worthwhile?


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Emmanuel Androulakis

Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals,, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust,

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Syed Ahsan

Cardiac Electrophysiology Department, Barts Health NHS Trust

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Nikolaos Papageorgiou

Cardiac Electrophysiology Department, Barts Health NHS Trust

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