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Radiofrequency ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia using a magnetic resonance 3D model for interactive catheter guidance

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 1, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany

    Gerald F. Greil MD, Matthias Gass MD & Ludger Sieverding MD

  2. Department of Cardiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Volker Kuehlkamp MD

  3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Rene M. Botnar PhD

  4. Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Ivo Wolf PhD

  5. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Stephan Miller MD

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Greil, G.F., Gass, M., Kuehlkamp, V. et al. Radiofrequency ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia using a magnetic resonance 3D model for interactive catheter guidance. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 610–613 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0431-6

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