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Wide-complex tachycardia in a patient with syncope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2015

Daren Lin
Daren Lin*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
*
Division of Emergency Medicine, Hamilton General Hospital, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2; darenlin@gmail.com

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , March 2012 , pp. 180 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2012

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