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01-01-2015 | Letter to the Editors

Rescue renal sympathetic denervation in a patient with ventricular electrical storm refractory to endo- and epicardial catheter ablation

Authors: Eberhard P. Scholz, Philip Raake, Dierk Thomas, Britta Vogel, Hugo A. Katus, Erwin Blessing

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 1/2015

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Title: Rescue renal sympathetic denervation in a patient with ventricular electrical storm refractory to endo- and epicardial catheter ablation
Authors: Eberhard P. Scholz
Philip Raake
Dierk Thomas
Britta Vogel
Hugo A. Katus
Erwin Blessing
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-014-0749-4

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