Epicardial Beating Heart “Off-Pump” Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Non-Mitral Valve Patients Using New Irrigated Bipolar Radiofrequency Technology

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Epicardial radiofrequency applications: in vitro and in vivo studies on human atrial myocardium☆

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