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This chapter presents 3 cases with complex electrophysiology of atrioventricular accessory pathways. The electrophysiologic complexity was associated with previous unsuccessful ablation attempts (Cases 1 and 2), or unexpectedly appeared during the same session (Case 3) and required comprehensive and thorough invasive evaluation and interpretation of the obtained results for performing successful catheter ablation.
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Hluchý, J. (2022). Troubleshooting Procedures During Ablation. In: Wolff-Parkinson-White and Other Preexcitation Syndromes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98749-7_15
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