Efficacy of the stand‐alone Cox‐Maze IV procedure in patients with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation
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Electropathological substrate of longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with structural heart disease: epicardial breakthrough.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1045-3873,1540-8167
DOI: 10.1111/jce.15113