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. 1994 Feb;71(2):119–124. doi: 10.1136/hrt.71.2.119

Radiofrequency catheter ablation: a new frontier in interventional cardiology.

Y Bashir 1, D E Ward 1
PMCID: PMC483629  PMID: 8130018

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