Serial images of porcelain atrium.
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Funding J.L.H. is funded by a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship (FS/10/65/28404).This study is also partly fundedby theTechnology Strategy Board/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Magnetic Resonance Guided Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmia (MaRGiTA) grant (TS/G002142/1) and The Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering funded by the Wellcome Trust and EPSRC under grant number WT 088641/Z/09/Z. The authors also acknowledge financial support from the Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre award to Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European heart journal
دوره 35 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014