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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jason Mitchell  and
Gerald Lazarenko
Jason Mitchell*
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alta.
Gerald Lazarenko
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alta.
*
50 Bearspaw Way, Calgary AB T3R 1A4; jason.mitchell@med.ucalgary.ca

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Keywords

wide complex tachycardiaventricular tachycardiasupraventricular tachycardiaBrugada criteria
Type
Knowledge Applied to Practice Application des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 581 - 584
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

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