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Catheter Ablation of an Anteroseptal Accessory Pathway Guided by Three-dimensional Electroanatomical Mapping in Symptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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Abigail Louise D. Te, MD*, Jay Erwin Tiongson, MD**, Edmund O. Ang, MD**

*Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines 

**Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center – Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines

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