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Do not skip a beat: intermittent Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome diagnosed by a single beat on a 12-lead ECG

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada

    Mohammed Abrahim & Jan Grzeslo

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    Amal Mattu

  3. Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Janna AbdelAziz

  4. Emergency Department, Milton District Hospital, 725 Bronte Street South, Milton, ON, L9T 9K1, Canada

    Mohammed Abrahim

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Abrahim, M., Mattu, A., Grzeslo, J. et al. Do not skip a beat: intermittent Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome diagnosed by a single beat on a 12-lead ECG. Can J Emerg Med 23, 249–251 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-020-00037-z

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