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Cui 2010

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Han 2009

Han FT, Kasirajan V, Kowalski M, Kiser R, Wolfe L, Kalahasty G, Shepard RK, Wood MA, Ellenbogen KA. (2009). Results of a minimally invasive surgical pulmonary vein isolation and ganglionic plexi ablation for atrial fibrillation: single-center experience with 12-month follow-up. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2009 Aug;2(4):370-7. PMID: 19808492

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Kiser 2008a

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Kiser 2008b

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McCarthy 2010

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McClelland 2007

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Pappone 2004

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Prasad 2003

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Pruitt 2007

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Salenger 2004

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Saltman 2003

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Scherlag 2005

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Szalay 1999

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Wolf 2005

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Wudel 2008

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Wyse 2002

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