Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia

Cardiac Electrophysiology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 747-757

  Miller, John M ^a   Das, Mithilesh K ^a,b   Arora, Rishi ^c   Alberte Lista, Cesar ^d,e,f   Wu, Jianyi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-7216-0323-8/50084-1     Document Type: Chapter

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