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Case of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia after stroke necessitating defibrillation
1 Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands; 2 Interuniversity Cardiology Institute Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3 Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 4 Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK; 5 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 6 Department di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; 7 Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 8 Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey; 9 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
This case describes the occurrence of a tachycardia occurring early after a subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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