The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 708-713 , October 2002

Chronic transmural atrial ablation by using bipolar radiofrequency energy on the beating heart

Received 31 October 2001 ,Revised 7 March 2002 ,Accepted 24 March 2002.

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☆ Supported by a Research Grant from AtriCure Inc and by National Institutes of Health grants 5 R01 HL32257 and T32 HL07275.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, MD, 1 Barnes Jewish Plaza, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Louis MO 63110 (E-mail: damianor@msnotes.wustl.edu).

PII: S0022-5223(02)00142-3

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.125057

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 708-713 , October 2002

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