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Conceptualization: Kodai Negishi, Ken Okumura, Junjiro Koyama. Methodology: Kodai Negishi, Ken Okumura, Hideharu Okamatsu, Fumitaka Onishi, Akino Yoshimura, Takuo Tsurugi, Yasuaki Tanaka, Yoshiro Sakai. Formal analysis and investigation: Kodai Negishi, Ken Okumura, Junjiro Koyama. Writing—original draft preparation: Kodai Negishi, Ken Okumura. Writing—review and editing: Ken Okumura, Hirofumi Tomita. Supervision: Koichi Nakao, Tomohiro Sakamoto.
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K. Okumura received lecture fees from Johnson and Johnson K.K. outside the submitted work. H. Tomita received research grants supported from Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd., Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd, Fukuda Denshi Kita-Tohoku Hanbai Co., Ltd., BIOTRONIK Japan Co., Ltd., and Boston Scientific Japan Co., Ltd. The others have none.
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Negishi, K., Okumura, K., Onishi, F. et al. Usefulness of intracardiac echocardiography-guided mapping of the tricuspid annulus in ablating the right free wall accessory pathway. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-024-01792-0
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