Ablation of cardiac arrhythmias - Energy sources and mechanisms of lesion formation

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Practical Spproach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 35-53

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Estner, Heidi ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84887313144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7985-1576-X_2     Document Type: Chapter

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