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Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias in Infants and Children

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    Jean-Pierre Pfammatter & Urs Bauersfeld

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Pfammatter, JP., Bauersfeld, U. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias in Infants and Children. Card Electrophysiol Rev 6, 88–92 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017947424382

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