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3/2026
vol. 23
Letter to the Editor
Hybrid EPS-guided epicardial cryoablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (3): 315-316
Data publikacji online: 2026/10/12
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