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Response to the Letter to the Editor: Arrhythmias in the pediatric intensive care unit: a prospective study of the rates and predictors of arrhythmias in children without underlying cardiac disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Gina N. Cassel-Choudhury*
Affiliation:
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Scott I. Aydin
Affiliation:
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Henry M. Ushay
Affiliation:
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Scott R. Ceresnak
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Palo Alto, CaliforniaUnited States of America
*
Correspondence to: G. N. Cassel-Choudhury, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, 3411 Wayne Avenue, Suite 806, Bronx, New York 10467, United States of America. Tel: +516 521 7597; Fax: +718 654 6692; E-mail: [email protected]

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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