Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Practical Spproach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 211-246

  Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a   Estner, Heidi ^a   Pustowoit, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84892202308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7985-1576-X_10     Document Type: Chapter

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