Lobectomy due to Pulmonary Vein Occlusion after Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation |
Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos A.
(Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens)
Zisis, Charalambos (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens) Kouvidou, Charikleia (Department of Anatomic Pathology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens) Stratakos, Grigoris (Department of 1st Pulmonary Medicine, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) |
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