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Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with acquired long QT syndrome after levomepromazine injection

Authors: Julia Preßler, Michael Lücking, Michael Melter, Stephan Gerling

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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Title: Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with acquired long QT syndrome after levomepromazine injection
Authors: Julia Preßler
Michael Lücking
Michael Melter
Stephan Gerling
Publication date: 01-01-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3138-y

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