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Catheter ablation of an incessant ventricular tachycardia originating from the left aortic sinus cusp in an adolescent with subacute myocarditis

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Kettering MD, Hanke Mollnau MD, Thomas Münzel MD & Christian Weiß MD

  2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Christoph Kampmann MD

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Karl-Friedrich Kreitner MD

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Kettering, K., Kampmann, C., Mollnau, H. et al. Catheter ablation of an incessant ventricular tachycardia originating from the left aortic sinus cusp in an adolescent with subacute myocarditis. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 66–70 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0717-y

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