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Images in cardiology
Type 1 Brugada ECG unmasked by intracoronary contrast media
  1. Robert William Bowers1,
  2. Peter O'Kane2,
  3. Richard Navaratnum Balasubramaniam2
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Robert William Bowers, Department of Cardiology, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK; robbowers12{at}doctors.org.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302465

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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