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Refractory Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Newborn Treated Successfully With Phenytoin: Old Therapies Are Still Effective in the Current Era

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  1. Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Carmen and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

    Jie Sun, Nishant Shah, Peter P. Karpawich & Richard Humes

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Sun, J., Shah, N., Karpawich, P.P. et al. Refractory Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Newborn Treated Successfully With Phenytoin: Old Therapies Are Still Effective in the Current Era. Pediatr Cardiol 32, 76–77 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9789-3

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