Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2003

Characteristics of the electrical activity within the persistent left superior vena cava: Comparative view with reference to the ligament of Marshall

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☆ Reprint requests: Mitsunori Maruyama, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan.

PII: S0022-0736(02)30455-2

doi: 10.1054/jelc.2003.50004

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2003

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