Prevention through intervention: catheter ablation to reduce the rate of progression of paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation

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Richard C Wu et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jan.

. 2012 Jan;23(1):15-7.

doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02157.x. Epub 2011 Sep 2.

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