Traumatic right ventricular aneurysm and ventricular tachycardia.

Heart Rhythm

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Published: September 2012

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