Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 189-195 , February 2009

Role of radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in cardiac sarcoidosis: Report from a multicenter registry

  • Dane Jefic, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Binjou Joel, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Eric Good, DO

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Fred Morady, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Howard Rosman, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • ,
  • Bradley Knight, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Frank Bogun, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Frank Bogun, Division of Cardiology, CVC Cardiovascular Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive SPC 5853, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5853

Received 21 August 2008 ,Accepted 24 October 2008.

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PII: S1547-5271(08)01076-X

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.039

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 189-195 , February 2009

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