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Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia: Clinical Features, Mechanisms and Management

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  1. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

    Ken Okumura

  2. Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

    Ken Okumura & Takeshi Tsuchiya

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Okumura, K., Tsuchiya, T. Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia: Clinical Features, Mechanisms and Management. Card Electrophysiol Rev 6, 61–67 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017987122565

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