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Avulsion of coronary sinus after mapping in the great cardiac vein
Ligang Ding1, Shucheng Li2, Xiansheng Huang2
1Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng, Beijing 100037, China.
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