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Slow pathway ablation in a 5-year-old boy with atrioventricular septal defect:

Value of cryoenergy application

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Thomas Kriebel MD, Heike Schneider MD, Matthias Sigler MD & Thomas Paul MD

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Kriebel, T., Schneider, H., Sigler, M. et al. Slow pathway ablation in a 5-year-old boy with atrioventricular septal defect:. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 668–670 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0438-z

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