Stereotactic Radiotherapy in Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia: Is it Truly a Rising "STAR"?
Sanghamitra Mohanty1, Andrea Natale2
1Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA.
JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
|March 8, 2024
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