Treatment of atrial fibrillation: Is it really going to be a surgical market?

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-65

  Komeda, Masashi ^a,b  

^a SEIWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 50049102247     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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