Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 191-192 , February 2010

Pulmonary vein reconnection after cryoballoon ablation: Back to the drawing board

  • Christopher F. Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Christopher F. Liu, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 520 East 70th Street, Starr-409, New York, New York 10021

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PII: S1547-5271(09)01325-3

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.021

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 191-192 , February 2010

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