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Catheter ablation of haemodynamically unstable or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia

Suhua WuDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, GuangZhou, China.;Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Walter F. KerwinDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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C. Thomas PeterDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Eli S. GangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Hong MaDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, GuangZhou, China.Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 163-169 | Received 02 Oct 2007, Accepted 12 Dec 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017

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