Surgical ablation of typical atrial flutter refractory to catheter ablation.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn 55455, USA.

Published: June 2013

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