The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1618-1622 , June 2010

A new instrument of suction support adapter system for epicardial radiofrequency ablation

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 18 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01351-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1618-1622 , June 2010

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