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

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-107

Evaluation of myocardial lesion after radiofrequency catheter ablation using in-111-antimyosine antibodies: preliminary results

X. Vinolas, I. Carrió*, R. Oter, O. Aslan, M. Ballester, P. Torner, M.C. Varela, A. Bayés de Luna.
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department,
*Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

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