Cryoablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery Technique and recent results

Aortic Root Surgery: The Biological Solution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 291-301

  Passage, Jürgen ^a   Borger, Michael A ^a   Seeburger, J ^b   Rastan, A ^b   Walther, Thomas ^a   Doll, N ^b   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b Herzzentrum Leipzig ^*

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EID: 84859778009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7985-1869-8_20     Document Type: Chapter

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