Electrophysiologic and vectorcardiologic studies in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Type A associated with complete right bundle branch block Yasuki Sakamoto*, Shunpei Ohkubo*, Shutaro Satake*, Kazumasa Hiejima*, Seiko Kawano**, Fumio Suzuki**, and Toyomi Sano. ** *The First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University **Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Keywords

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