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Research Article

Cooled-Tip Diode Laser Catheter for Improved Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

Eileen P. Snakard SouthPaws Veterinary Referral Center, Spring.eld, Virginia, USA
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Matthew Miller Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Brian Berridge Greenfield Lilly Research Lab, Green.eld, Indiana, USA
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Ashok Gowda BioTex, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
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Roger J. McNichols BioTex, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
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Teresa Fossum Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Pages 357-366 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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