Epicardial versus endocardial radiofrequency ablation - Two methods of atrial fibrillation treatment, two groups of patients;Migotanie przedsionków leczone ablacja̧ epii endokardialna̧ - Dwie metody, dwie grupy chorych

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-279

  Sielicki, Piotr ^a   Mokrzycki, Krzysztof ^a   Zych, Andrzej ^a   Todorowska, Agnieszka ^a   Biskupski, Andrzej ^a   Brykczyński, Mirosław ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ablation of left atrium; Endocardial ablation; Epicardial ablation; Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952928249     PISSN: 17315530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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