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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
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Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Breaking the bank or worth every penny?
Litsa K Lambrakos1, Jeffrey J Goldberger1
1Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|September 17, 2020
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