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- Atrial Fibrillation
- Pulmonary Vein
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Pulmonary Vein Isolation
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Fischbach, P.S. (2006). Atrial Fibrillation. In: Dick, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 257. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29170-9_9
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