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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

Calkins, Hugh, Kuck, Karl Heinz, Cappato, Riccardo, Brugada, Josep, Camm, A. John, Chen, Shih-Ann, Crijns, Harry J. G., Damiano, Ralph J., Davies, D. Wyn, DiMarco, John, Edgerton, James, Ellenbogen, Kenneth, Ezekowitz, Michael D., Haines, David E., Haissaguerre, Michel, Hindricks, Gerhard, Iesaka, Yoshito, Jackman, Warren, Jalife, Jose, Jais, Pierre, Kalman, Jonathan, Keane, David, Kim, Young-Hoon, Kirchhof, Paulus, Klein, George, Kottkamp, Hans, Kumagai, Koichiro, Lindsay, Bruce D., Mansour, Moussa, Marchlinski, Francis E., McCarthy, Patrick M., Mont, J. Lluis, Morady, Fred, Nademanee, Koonlawee, Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Natale, Andrea, Nattel, Stanley, Packer, Douglas L., Pappone, Carlo, Prystowsky, Eric, Raviele, Antonio, Reddy, Vivek, Ruskin, Jeremy N., Shemin, Richard J., Tsao, Hsuan-Ming, Wilber, David·2012·Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Calkins, H., Kuck, K. H., Cappato, R., Brugada, J., Camm, A. J., Chen, S.-A., Crijns, H. J. G., Damiano, R. J., Davies, D. W., DiMarco, J., Edgerton, J., Ellenbogen, K., Ezekowitz, M. D., Haines, D. E., Haissaguerre, M., Hindricks, G., Iesaka, Y., Jackman, W., Jalife, J., Jais, P., Kalman, J., Keane, D., Kim, Y.-H., Kirchhof, P., Klein, G., Kottkamp, H., Kumagai, K., Lindsay, B. D., Mansour, M., Marchlinski, F. E., McCarthy, P. M., Mont, J. L., Morady, F., Nademanee, K., Nakagawa, H., Natale, A., Nattel, S., Packer, D. L., Pappone, C., Prystowsky, E., Raviele, A., Reddy, V., Ruskin, J. N., Shemin, R. J., Tsao, H.-M., & Wilber, D.
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
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2012-03
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33
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2
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171-257
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  • 1572-8595
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10.1007/s10840-012-9672-7
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