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Direct Pressure Monitoring Accurately Predicts Pulmonary Vein Occlusion During Cryoballoon Ablation
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Balloon occlusion test: Methodological and reproducibility challenges of a method for the diagnosis of pulsatile
Luis Fernando Pulido1,2, Laura Manuela Olarte Bermúdez1, Ana M Rendón-Garavito1
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Bogotá, Colombia.
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