Anatomic determinants of atrial arrhythmias: New insights from three-dimensional mapping

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Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 740-746

  Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Mittal, Suneet ^a   Slotwiner, David J ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036710146     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1488875     Document Type: Article

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