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01-09-2013 | Letter to the Editors

Managing difficult anatomy: remote-controlled ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia in a patient with agenesis of the inferior vena cava

Authors: Burkhard Hügl, Dmitrij Velikan, Björn Buchter, Zdravena Findeisen

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 9/2013

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Title: Managing difficult anatomy: remote-controlled ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia in a patient with agenesis of the inferior vena cava
Authors: Burkhard Hügl
Dmitrij Velikan
Björn Buchter
Zdravena Findeisen
Publication date: 01-09-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 9/2013
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0587-9

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