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Prevention of atrial fibrillation by complete compartmentalization of the left atrium using a catheter technique

Ernst et al., 2000

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2909783326004311512
Author
Ernst S
Ouyang F
Schneider B
KUCK K
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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

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LA Compartmentalization for AF Prevention. Introduction: Right atrial compartmentalization has been demonstrated to only reduce the number of atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes: left atrial (LA) fibrillation still occurs. Methods and Results: We report successful LA …
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