Disclosures: This study was in part supported by a Research Grant No. MZO 00023001 of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, and Transplantation of Life-Preserving Organs).
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Catheter Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycardia from the Aortic Cusp: The Role of Electroanatomic Mapping and Intracardiac Echocardiography
Article first published online: 7 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02982.x
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MLČOCHOVÁ, H., WICHTERLE, D., PEICHL, P. and KAUTZNER, J. (2013), Catheter Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycardia from the Aortic Cusp: The Role of Electroanatomic Mapping and Intracardiac Echocardiography. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 36: e19–e22. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02982.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 7 DEC 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 19 SEP 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 31 AUG 2010
- Manuscript Received: 8 MAR 2010
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