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Reversible sinus node injury during circumferential pulmonary vein ablation

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

    Christian Sohns

  2. Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

    Christian Sohns & Dirk Vollmann

  3. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

    Wieland Staab

  4. Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, London, UK

    Mark O’Neill

  5. Herz- & Gefäßzentrum Göttingen, Humboldtallee 6, 37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Dirk Vollmann

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Sohns, C., Staab, W., O’Neill, M. et al. Reversible sinus node injury during circumferential pulmonary vein ablation. Clin Res Cardiol 105, 968–970 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-016-1016-7

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