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Transcatheter creation of a de novo communication across an extracardiac Fontan conduit for catheter ablation of a “left-sided” accessory pathway

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center Giessen, University Children’s Hospital, Feulgenstr. 10-12, 35392, Giessen, Germany

    Gunter Kerst, Dietmar Schranz & Maria B. Gonzalez y Gonzalez

  2. St. Jude Medical, Eschborn, Germany

    Kerstin Buttgereit

  3. Pediatric Arrhythmia Center, Turkey Istanbul Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Volkan Tuzcu

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Kerst, G., Schranz, D., Buttgereit, K. et al. Transcatheter creation of a de novo communication across an extracardiac Fontan conduit for catheter ablation of a “left-sided” accessory pathway. Clin Res Cardiol 103, 165–168 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0639-1

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