How to Target Postablation Perimitral Flutter: Valve Isthmus or PV Triggers?
WILLIAM DISCEPOLO M.D.,
WILLIAM DISCEPOLO M.D.
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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ERIC BUCH M.D., M.S.
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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KALYANAM SHIVKUMAR M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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WILLIAM DISCEPOLO M.D.,
WILLIAM DISCEPOLO M.D.
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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ERIC BUCH M.D., M.S.
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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First published: 03 November 2011
Kalyanam Shivkumar, M.D., Ph.D, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 100 MP, Suite 660, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679. Fax: 310-794-6492; E-mail:
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