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Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Left Ventricular Summit Arrhythmias

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    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.
    Abigail Louise D. Te-Rosano
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    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.
    Affiliations
    Heart Rhythm Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    HB Calleja Heart and Vascular Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center, 279 E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon City 1112, Philippines
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    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.
    Fa-Po Chung
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Heart Rhythm Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
    Footnotes
    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.
    Affiliations
    Heart Rhythm Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yenn-Jiang Lin
    Affiliations
    Heart Rhythm Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Shih-Ann Chen
    Affiliations
    Heart Rhythm Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.
Published:December 14, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2022.07.003

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