Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 12 , Pages 1755-1760 , December 2010

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava is associated with major intraprocedural complications

Received 1 July 2010 ,Accepted 6 August 2010.

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PII: S1547-5271(10)00795-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.08.005

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 12 , Pages 1755-1760 , December 2010

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