13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-92

Antiarrhythmic surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Hans Kottkamp, Gerhard Hindricks, Dieter Hammel, Jörg Mergenthaler, Martin Borggrefe, Hans H. Scheld, Günter Breithardt.
Hospital of the Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, Münster, Germany

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