Electrical isolation of the superior vena cava: an adjunctive strategy to pulmonary vein antrum isolation improving the outcome of AF ablation.

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Published in J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol on September 11, 2007

Authors

Mauricio Arruda1, Hanka Mlcochova, Subramanya K Prasad, Fethi Kilicaslan, Walid Saliba, Dimpi Patel, Tamer Fahmy, Luis Saenz Morales, Robert Schweikert, David Martin, David Burkhardt, Jennifer Cummings, Mandeep Bhargava, Thomas Dresing, Oussama Wazni, Mohamed Kanj, Andrea Natale

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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