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A new method for roof line block validation: usefulness of esophageal probe

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    Maxime de Guillebon, Romain Tixier, Stéphane Debeugny, Hugues Bader & Nicolas Delarche

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de Guillebon, M., Tixier, R., Debeugny, S. et al. A new method for roof line block validation: usefulness of esophageal probe. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 66, 521–524 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01413-8

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