Catheter Ablation of Mid-Myocardial Ventricular Tachycardia by Simultaneous Unipolar Radiofrequency Ablation With Half-Normal Saline Irrigation.

JACC Clin Electrophysiol

Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham Veterans Affairs Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address:

Published: September 2018

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