Results of a Minimally Invasive Surgical Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Ganglionic Plexi Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Single-Center Experience With 12-Month Follow-Up

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  2009

• Venue

  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.854828PMID 19808492
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