Epicardial Approach to Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 595-605

  Sosa, Eduardo ^a   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sao Paulo Medical School   (Brazil)

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EID: 78049433407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-0312-0.50036-0     Document Type: Chapter

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