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The regional distribution of catheter ablations of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in Poland in 2023

Krystian Wita1, Maciej Dyrbuś2, Oskar Kowalski3, Marcin Wita1, Krzysztof Myrda2, Andrzej Hoffmann1, Aleksandra Błachut2, Tomasz Jadczyk4, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec1, Krzysztof Gołba5, Janina Stępińska6, Adam Witkowski7, Mariusz Gąsior2, Zbigniew Kalarus3, Waldemar Banasiak89

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