Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Triggers and Substrate

Cardiac Electrophysiology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1028-1038

  Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^b   Shah, Dipen C ^c   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84904150327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-7216-0323-8/50115-9     Document Type: Chapter

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