Atrial fibrillation ablation. Unsolved questions, many possible answers
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2174-2049
DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2017.09.014