Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

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2/2026 vol. 23
Letter to the Editor

Hybrid management of refractory electrical storm in a patient after previous minimally invasive mitral valve replacement due to Barlow’s disease

Sebastian Stec 1
,
Mariusz Kowalewski 1
,
Grzegorz Wróblewski 2
,
Dominik Drobiński 1
,
Natalia Ogorzelec 1
,
Piotr Suwalski 1

  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration,
    Warsaw, Poland

  2. Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (2): 195-197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2026.163252
Data publikacji online: 2026/07/21
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