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Incessant ventricular tachycardia, refractory to catheter ablation, in an ICD patient terminated by ICD lead extraction: a case report

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    Corinna Lenz, Thomas Dietze, Michael Möller, Wolfgang Schöbel, Jens Wicke, Rainer Gradaus & Jörg Neuzner

  2. Klinik für Herz und Thoraxchirurgie, Kassel, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Kellner

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Lenz, C., Dietze, T., Möller, M. et al. Incessant ventricular tachycardia, refractory to catheter ablation, in an ICD patient terminated by ICD lead extraction: a case report. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 803–805 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0067-4

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