Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in Brugada syndrome: True-true but related?
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Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart Rhythm
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1547-5271
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.11.039