Do we need a map to get through the maze?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 627-628

  Schuessler, Richard B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 1542314234     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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