Current Problems in Cardiology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 225-270 , May 2009

Catheter Ablation for Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardias

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 Disclosures: William G. Stevenson is a consultant for Biosense Webster and receives Faculty Honoria from Biosense Webster, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St Jude Medical.

 Usha B. Tedrow receives research funding from Medtronic and Boston Scientific.

 The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2009.01.002

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