Electroanatomic mapping in atrioventricular junction ablation and pacemaker implantation for permanent atrial
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Heartrhythm Case Reports
|March 4, 2022
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