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Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation to Maintain Sinus Rhythm
Over the past 12 years, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged from being a novel, largely unproven procedure to its role today as a very commonly performed procedure for treatment of patients with symptomatic AF.1–4 In fact, catheter ablation of AF has become one of the most commonly performed catheter ablation procedures at most large medical centers throughout the world. T...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.019943