title: What is Established and What is New in Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation?
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Kuck
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
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authors.lastname: Metzner
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