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Hybrid Therapy as an Alternative in Refractory Atrial Fibrillation: When, Why, and How?

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005

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  1. Electrophysiology Research Foundation, Warren, New Jersey

    S. Saksena

  2. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

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  1. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Umberto I, Via Circonvallazione 50, I-30174, Venezia Mestre

    Antonio Raviele MD

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Saksena, S., Skadsberg, N. (2006). Hybrid Therapy as an Alternative in Refractory Atrial Fibrillation: When, Why, and How?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0371-7_35

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