Finding our way through the maze

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1575-1577

  Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY;

EID: 0033397197     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00221.x     Document Type: Editorial

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