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Editorial
. 2022 Jul;119(1):95-96.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20220362.

Catheter Ablation as First-Line Therapy in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation - Should We Always Indicate it?

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Luiz Eduardo Montenegro Camanho  1 , Gustavo Vignoli Dos Santos  1
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Editorial

Catheter Ablation as First-Line Therapy in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation - Should We Always Indicate it?

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Luiz Eduardo Montenegro Camanho et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2022 Jul.
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