Ganglionated Plexus Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Just Because We Can, Does That Mean We Should?

Overview

Journal Heart Rhythm

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2016 Dec 24

PMID 28007095

Citations 5

Authors

Una Buckley

Pradeep S Rajendran

Kalyanam Shivkumar

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