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Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia—Atrial Flutter

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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

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  1. University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, Iowa

    Ian H. Law M.D. (Associate Professor of Pediatrics)

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    Macdonald Dick II M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics)

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    Macdonald Dick II M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Law, I.H., Dick, M. (2006). Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia—Atrial Flutter. 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_8

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