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Electrophysiologic Study in Brugada Syndrome: More Questions Than Answers?

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  1. 1st Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    C. Wolpert, C. Eechternach, C. Veltmann, R. Schimpf & M. Borggrefe

  2. Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

    C. Wolpert, C. Eechternach, C. Veltmann, R. Schimpf & M. Borggrefe

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    Antonio Raviele MD

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Wolpert, C., Eechternach, C., Veltmann, C., Schimpf, R., Borggrefe, M. (2006). Electrophysiologic Study in Brugada Syndrome: More Questions Than Answers?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0371-7_39

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