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Catheter ablation of persistent ventricular tachycardia in a patient with left ventricular assist device (LVAD): Electrophysiological challenge
Affiliations- Department of Electrocardiology, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland
- Clinical Department of Interventional Cardiology, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland
- Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Catheter ablation of persistent ventricular tachycardia in a patient with left ventricular assist device (LVAD): Electrophysiological challenge
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Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)
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2023-03-05
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DOI
10.33963/KP.a2023.0062
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Marcin Kuniewicz
Grzegorz Karkowski
Marta Kacprzyk
Tomasz Chyży
Karol Wierzbicki
Jacek Lelakowski
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