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Effectiveness of first-pass pulmonary vein isolation with ablation index-guided ablation compared with very-high-power, short-duration ablation: A retrospective, single-center study

Michał Peller1, Julia Dźwinacka1, Bartosz Krzowski1, Michał Marchel1, Cezary Maciejewski1, Karolina Mitrzak1, Grzegorz Opolski1, Marcin Grabowski1, Paweł Balsam1, Piotr Lodziński1

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