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Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology 12/2014

01-12-2014 | Letter to the Editors

Transapical access for catheter ablation of left ventricular tachycardia in a patient with mechanical aortic and mitral valve prosthesis

Authors: Tilko Reents, Susanne Stilz, Ulf Herold, Isabel Deisenhofer

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 12/2014

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Metadata
Title
Transapical access for catheter ablation of left ventricular tachycardia in a patient with mechanical aortic and mitral valve prosthesis
Authors
Tilko Reents
Susanne Stilz
Ulf Herold
Isabel Deisenhofer
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 12/2014
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-014-0746-7

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