Defining the gap in epicardial pulmonary vein connectivity with high density mapping

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Mark James Davies et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;32(9):2391-2392.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15176. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

¹ Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, OX3 9DU.

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The incidence and location of epicardial connections in the era of contact force guided ablation for pulmonary vein isolation.
Sun X, Niu G, Lin J, Suo N, Guo T, Lu J, Feng T, Zheng L, Yao Y, Zhang S. Sun X, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Sep;32(9):2381-2390. doi: 10.1111/jce.15174. Epub 2021 Jul 27. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021. PMID: 34270147

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