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Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Letter to the Editors

Butterfly and reverse butterfly: usefulness of a resistance band to provoke exercise-induced arrhythmias during catheter ablation in a patient refractory to pharmacological stimulation

Authors: Panagiotis Xynogalos, Patrick Lugenbiel, Patrick Schweizer, Hugo Katus, Dierk Thomas, Eberhard P. Scholz

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 1/2019

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Metadata
Title
Butterfly and reverse butterfly: usefulness of a resistance band to provoke exercise-induced arrhythmias during catheter ablation in a patient refractory to pharmacological stimulation
Authors
Panagiotis Xynogalos
Patrick Lugenbiel
Patrick Schweizer
Hugo Katus
Dierk Thomas
Eberhard P. Scholz
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1330-3

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