Controversies in electrophysiology.

Card Electrophysiol Clin

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Center for Atrial Fibrillation at St. David's Medical Center, 1015 East 32nd Street, Suite 516, Austin, TX 78705, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2015

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