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Website
- ClinicalTrials.gov. Ablation Versus Anti-Arrhythmic (AA) Drug Therapy for AF – Pivotal Trial (CABANA) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00911508?term=CABANA&rank=1