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Case 10

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The patient is a 13-year-old male with prior 8-year history of palpitations during exercise. No structural heart disease. The transesophageal EP study easily demonstrated the induction of sustained SVT during minimal effort (AA300ms).

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  1. Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre, Venice, Italy

    Antonio Rossillo, Sakis Themistoclakis, Aldo Bonso, Andrea Corrado & Antonio Raviele

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  1. Dept. Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Euclid Ave. 9500, Cleveland, 44195, Ohio, USA

    Andrea Natale

  2. Arrhythmia Service at Stanford Universit, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Amin Al-Ahmad

  3. Stanford, 94305, California, USA

    Paul J. Wang

  4. Cardiovascular Division, University of V, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, 22908, USA

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Rossillo, A., Themistoclakis, S., Bonso, A., Corrado, A., Raviele, A. (2011). Case 10. In: Natale, A., Al-Ahmad, A., Wang, P., DiMarco, J. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-390-9_10

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