Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1413-1414 , October 2009

Pulmonary vein antrum isolation: Enduring the test of time

  • Ziad F. Issa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Ziad Issa, Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Southern Illinois University, 401 East Carpenter Street, Springfield, Illinois 62702

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00684-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.06.026

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1413-1414 , October 2009

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