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Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Newborn: Immediate Response to Lidocaine

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Galway University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland

    Nicholas M. Allen, Muhammad Azam & Kevin P. Dunne

  2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, 12, Ireland

    Kevin P. Walsh

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Allen, N.M., Azam, M., Dunne, K.P. et al. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Newborn: Immediate Response to Lidocaine. Pediatr Cardiol 32, 706–707 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-9947-2

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