Selective Versus Total Pulmonary Vein Isolation In Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.

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Published in J Atr Fibrillation on June 30, 2014

Authors

Sonia Ammar1, Tilko Reents1, Stephanie Fichtner2, Gabriele Hessling1, Isabel Deisenhofer1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Electrophysiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Germany.
2: Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

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