Surgery for atrial fibrillation: are we there yet? A maze with no exit.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of Cardiovascular Disease No. 34, IMSS, Monterrey, Mexico.

Published: March 2011

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