Association Between Plaque Thickness of the Thoracic Aorta and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Ablation |
Hwang, Hui-Jeong
(Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Man-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Youn, Ho-Joong (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Oh, Yong-Seog (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Rho, Tae-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Chung, Wook-Sung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Park, Chul-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Choi, Yun-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Chung, Woo-Baek (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Jae-Beom (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Park, Hyun-Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lim, Keun-Joon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Jae-Hak (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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