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- Atrial Tachycardia
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
- Slow Pathway
- Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia
- Intravenous Amiodarone
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Bromberg, B. (2006). Atrial Ectopic Tachycardias/Atrial Automatic Tachycardia. In: Dick, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 257. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29170-9_10
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