Pulmonary Veins Epicardial Isolation with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasounds for the Treatment of Non-Primary Atrial Fibrillation
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1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain 2Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 3Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 4Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 5Division of Cardiology and Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Padova University, Italy 6Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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