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Clinical experience with low
energy intracardiac atrial defibrillation
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Luigi Padeletti, Maria Cristina
Porciani, Antonio Michelucci, Andrea Colella, Silvio Vena, Pietro Ticci, Massimo Zoppi,
Gian Franco Gensini.
Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, Universita degli Studi di Firenze,
Florence, Italy
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