The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 633-638 , September 2010

Thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation and failed percutaneous ablation

Received 9 July 2009 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: The authors had full control of the design of the study, methods used, outcome parameters, analysis of data, and production of the written report. Manuel Castellá reports consulting fees and grant support from Atricure, Inc.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01464-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.009

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 633-638 , September 2010

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