Ablation of Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardias

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 473-490

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a,b   Lin, David ^c,d   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84860773124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-0312-0.50031-1     Document Type: Chapter

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